FA72.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Kissing spine

Description

Kissing spine, also known as Baastrup disease or Interspinous ligament syndrome, is a condition where adjacent spinous processes of the vertebrae come into contact due to degeneration or strain of the interspinous ligaments. This contact can lead to inflammation, pain, and other symptoms in the lower back.

Index terms

  • Kissing spine
  • Baastrup disease
  • Baastrup syndrome
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  • Interspinous ligament syndrome
  • kissing spine syndrome
  • kissing spine, site unspecified
  • localised idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
  • osteoarthrosis interspinalis
  • overriding of dorsal spinous processes
  • Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • Kissing spine, cervical region
  • Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
  • Kissing spine, thoracic region
  • Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region
  • Kissing spine, lumbar region
  • Kissing spine, lumbosacral region
  • Kissing spine, sacral or sacrococcygeal region
  • Kissing spine, multiple sites in spine

Exclusions from above levels

  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
  • DA0E.8 – Temporomandibular joint disorders

Sibling codes

  • FA72.0 – Ankylosing hyperostosis
  • FA72.2 – Traumatic spondylopathy
  • FA72.3 – Fatigue fracture of vertebra
  • FA72.4 – Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
  • FA72.Y – Other specified disorders of vertebra
  • FA72.Z – Disorders of vertebra, unspecified

Foundation entity

Kissing spine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1086626849

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: FA72: Disorders of vertebra › 15: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue