Table 5 Line of diagnosis for facet joint interventions.
Group | 2002 | Percent | 2006 | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LUMBOSACRAL SPONDYLOSIS | 168,980 | 32.3% | 3,379,600 | 32.3% |
LUMBAGO/BACK PAIN | 151,240 | 28.9% | 3,024,800 | 28.9% |
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS W/WO MYELOPATHY | 27,960 | 5.3% | 559,200 | 5.3% |
DEGENERATION OF LUMBAR OR LUMBOSACRAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC | 32,180 | 6.2% | 643,600 | 6.2% |
CERVICALGIA | 29,320 | 5.6% | 586,400 | 5.6% |
SCIATICA | 2,800 | 0.5% | 56,000 | 0.5% |
THORACIC OR LUMBOSACRAL NEURITIS OR RADICULITIS UNSPECIFIED | 21,680 | 4.1% | 433,600 | 4.1% |
THORACIC SPONDYLOSIS W/WO MYELOPATHY | 4,320 | 0.8% | 86,400 | 0.8% |
SPINAL STENOSIS | 11,940 | 2.3% | 238,800 | 2.3% |
POSTLAMINECTOMY SYNDROME | 10,860 | 2.1% | 217,200 | 2.1% |
DEGENERATION OF CERVICAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC | 6,040 | 1.2% | 120,800 | 1.2% |
LUMBAR DISC DISPLACEMENT | 6,980 | 1.3% | 139,600 | 1.3% |
PAIN IN JOINT UNSPECIFIED/SPECIFIED AREA | 5,320 | 1.0% | 106,400 | 1.0% |
BRACHIAL NEURITIS OR RADICULITIS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED | 4,560 | 0.9% | 91,200 | 0.9% |
ARTHROPATHY | 1,680 | 0.3% | 33,600 | 0.3% |
OTHER SYNDROMES AFFECTING CERVICAL REGION | 5,640 | 1.1% | 112,800 | 1.1% |
POSTLAMINECTOMY SYNDROME OF CERVICAL REGION | 1,000 | 0.2% | 20,000 | 0.2% |
LUMBOSACRAL SPRAIN | 1,680 | 0.3% | 33,600 | 0.3% |
DEGENERATION OF THORACIC OR THORACOLUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC | 1,220 | 0.2% | 24,400 | 0.2% |
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF SPINE | 1,200 | 0.2% | 24,000 | 0.2% |
DISORDERS OF SACRUM | 2,300 | 0.4% | 46,000 | 0.4% |
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | 1,120 | 0.2% | 22,400 | 0.2% |
MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS | 1,560 | 0.3% | 31,200 | 0.3% |
DEGENERATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SITE UNSPECIFIED | 940 | 0.2% | 18,800 | 0.2% |
NEURALGIA NEURITIS AND RADICULITIS UNSPECIFIED | 520 | 0.1% | 10,400 | 0.1% |
OSTEOARTHROSIS | 1,180 | 0.2% | 23,600 | 0.2% |
SPINAL STENOSIS IN CERVICAL REGION | 800 | 0.2% | 16,000 | 0.2% |
SPASM OF MUSCLE | 840 | 0.2% | 16,800 | 0.2% |
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE OF VERTEBRAE | 400 | 0.1% | 8,000 | 0.1% |
LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS LESIONS | 800 | 0.2% | 16,000 | 0.2% |
INFLAMMATORY SPONDYLOPATHY | 520 | 0.1% | 10,400 | 0.1% |
OTHERS | 12,840 | 2.5% | 256,800 | 2.5% |