M96.2: Postradiation kyphosis
Your spine has curved too much after you were given radiation treatment.
The spine consists of several sections. The cervical spine begins below the head. The cervical spine is very mobile. Below that is the thoracic spine. The ribs are attached to the thoracic spine. Below the thoracic spine is the lumbar spine. The lumbar spine is also very mobile and it bears a large part of the body’s weight. After the lumbar spine, the sacrum and coccyx join.
If you look at your spine from the side, you can see that your spine is not quite straight. Your spine is alternately curving inwards and outwards. Your cervical spine and lumbar spine curve inwards. Your thoracic spine and sacrum curve outwards.
Your spine is curved too far outwards.
If a child has been given radiation treatment to their chest, for example, the back muscles then sometimes fail to develop properly. The spine can then curve outwards too much. The spine sometimes also curves after a vertebra is broken.
If the spine is too curved, there may sometimes be no problems. But one may have back pain, for example.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).