Dorsopathies refers to diseases of the back or spine. This document defines and describes several common types of dorsopathies including scoliosis, kyphosis, lordosis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, torticollis, osteomyelitis, and kissing spine. It provides details on the characteristics and causes of each condition. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM) codes are also listed for various dorsopathies for diagnostic coding purposes.

1. DORSOPATHIES

2. INTRODUCTION
• Dorsopathy refers to a condition impairing the
backbone.These include various diseases of the back or spine
such as kyphosis.
• Dorsalgia refers to those conditions causing back pain.

3. TYPES
• Scoliosis is a common spinal disease in which the spine has a
curvature usually in the shape of the letter "C" or "S". This is
most common in girls, but there is no specific cause for
scoliosis.

4. • Kyphosis ( hump) is an abnormally excessive
convex kyphotic curvature of the spine as it occurs in the
cervical, thoracic and sacral regions.
• Normal inward concave curving of the cervical and lumbar
regions of the spine is called lordosis

5. • Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis in which there
is long term inflammation of the joints of the spine.Typically
the joints where the spine joins the pelvis are also affected.
• Spondylolysis is defined as a defect or stress fracture in
the pars interarticularis of the vertebral arch. The vast
majority of cases occur in the lower lumbar vertebrae(L5), but
spondylolysis may also occur in the cervical vertebrae.

6. • Spondylolisthesis is the forward or anterior displacement of
one vertebra over another, and commonly involving the
fifth lumbar vertebra.
• Backward displacement is referred to as retrolisthesis

7. • Torticollis is a dystonic condition defined by an abnormal,
asymmetrical head or neck position, which may be due to a
variety of causes.
• It is also known as wry neck

8. • Osteomyelitis (OM) is infection and inflammation of
the bone. It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the
causative organism (pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria) and
the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection.

9. • Kissing spine is defined as low-grade pain because the spinous
processes, or sections of bone attached to the vertebrae, are
too close together and impinge on each other.

10. ICD-10-CM GUIDELINES
• Kyphosis and lordosis-M40
• Scoliosis-M41
• Spinal osteochondrosis-M42
• Other deforming dorsopathies-M43
• Ankylosing spondylitis-M45
• Other inflammatory spondylopathies-M46

11. • Spondylosis-M47
• Other spondylopathies-M48
• Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere-M49
• Code first underlying disease
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