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80.59 - Other Destruction Of Intervertebral Disc


The ICD 9 Code for Other destruction of intervertebral disc is listed as 80.59.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 80.59
Description: Other destruction of intervertebral disc
Short Description: Oth exc/dest intvrt disc
Chapter: Operations on the musculoskeletal system
Subsection 1: Incision and excision of joint structures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0R530ZZ - Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0R550ZZ - Destruction of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0R590ZZ - Destruction of Thoracic Vertebral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0R5B0ZZ - Destruction of Thoracolumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S520ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S523ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S524ZZ - Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S540ZZ - Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S543ZZ - Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0S544ZZ - Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 80.59:
80.50 - Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc, unspecified
80.51 - Excision of intervertebral disc
80.52 - Intervertebral chemonucleolysis
80.53 - Repair of the anulus fibrosus with graft or prosthesis
80.54 - Other and unspecified repair of the anulus fibrosus