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M47.01

Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • M47.011 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M47.012 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervical region
  • M47.013 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervicothoracic region
  • M47.014 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracic region
  • M47.015 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracolumbar region
  • M47.016 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, lumbar region
  • M47.019 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M47 Spondylosis

Includes

  • arthrosis or osteoarthritis of spine
  • degeneration of facet joints

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M47.02 Vertebral artery compression syndromes Not billable