Billable Medical Code for Sciatica
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 724.3
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 724.3.
Known As
Sciatica is also known as L lumbago w sciatica, left lumbago w sciatica, left sided sciatica, lumbago w sciatica, lumbago with right sided sciatica, lumbago with sciatica, R lumbago w sciatica, right lumbago w sciatica, right sided sciatica, sciatica L side, sciatica left side, sciatica R side, and sciatica right side. This excludes specified lesion of sciatic nerve (355.0). This applies to neuralgia or neuritis of sciatic nerve.
Sciatica Definition and Symptoms
Sciatica is pain in the back, outer side of the leg, and hip due to compression of a spinal nerve root. The pain of sciatica radiates from the lower back through the hips and down each leg and typically only affects one side of the body. The pain can vary with each different person and can be a burning, throbbing, sharp stabbing, or have the feeling of an electric shock. In some cases numbness and tingling may occur as well.