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cauda equina

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The cauda equina (from Latin tail of horse) is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve rootlets, consisting of the second through fifth lumbar nerve pairs, the first through fifth sacral nerve pairs, and the coccygeal nerve, all of which arise from the lumbar enlargement and the conus medullaris of the spinal cord. The cauda equina occupies the lumbar cistern, a subarachnoid space inferior to the conus medullaris...
Related Codes (2)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
C72.1Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
Q06.3Other congenital cauda equina malformations

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