misstigris
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What would be the correct code to use for "Retrolisthesis L3?
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Wiki help with code - use for Retrolisthesis
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Look in your ICD-9 book under Spondylolisthesis. Your code will be 756.12 if it is congenital or 738.4 if acquired, degenerative, or traumatic.
RebeccaWoodward*
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I received this information from another source. The American Society of Anesthesiology said to use 738.5 since 738.4 is for anterior listhesis whereas retrolisthesis is a posterior slipage.