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Just like the hip and the knee, the facet joints can also become arthritic and painful, and they can be a source of back pain. The pain and discomfort that is caused by degeneration and arthritis of this part of the spine is called facet arthropathy, which simply means a disease or abnormality of the facet joints.he ICD-9 code for lumbar facet arthropathy is 721.3. Lumbar facet  arthropathy is a degenerative condition of the lumbar facet joints  in the spine which shows arthritic ch â¦ anges.
Facet joints are found in the posterior of the spine. Human spine has 24 vertebrae and there are two facet joints between each spinal segment of vertebrae. A facet joint has two bony surfaces having cartilage and a capsule of ligaments between them.acet arthropathy Causes. 1  The real cause of facet arthropathy is yet to be diagnosed but generally it is observed that degeneration of facet joints is the main cause of it. 2  Fracture or torn ligaments may also be a reason. 3  Reduction of space between two vertebrae that compels facet joint to rub against each other.