ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M47.8 Other spondylosis › M47.81

M47.81

Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • M47.811 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M47.812 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region
  • M47.813 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
  • M47.814 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracic region
  • M47.815 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region
  • M47.816 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region
  • M47.817 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
  • M47.818 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
  • M47.819 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, 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 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy

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
M47.89 Other spondylosis Not billable