Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Arthrosis
Arthropyosis
Pyoarthrosis
Osteoarthrosis
Septic > joint
Abscess > joint
Spondylarthrosis
Arthrosis > spine
Pachydermoperiostosis
Osteoarthritis > spine
Osteoarthrosis > spine
Pyemia, pyemic > joint
Syndrome > facet joint
Bamberger-Marie disease
Marie-Bamberger disease
Spondylitis > deformans
Osteoarthropathy > spine
Pyarthritis, pyarthrosis
Arthropathy > facet joint
Arthritis, arthritic > spine
Arthropathy > osteopulmonary
Arthritis, arthritic > septic
Myelopathy > in > spondylosis
Osteoarthropathy > foot joint
Myelopathy > spondylogenic NEC
Arthritis, arthritic > atrophic
Arthritis, arthritic > purulent
Spondylitis > senescent, senile
Arthritis, arthritic > deformans
Osteoarthritis > primary > spine
Osteoarthropathy > multiple site
Suppuration, suppurative > joint
Arthritis, arthritic > facet joint
Arthritis, arthritic > suppurative
Osteoarthritis > secondary > spine
Arthritis, arthritic > degenerative
Compression > spinal > spondylogenic
Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection
Osteoarthropathy > specified joint NEC
Disease, diseased > joint > facet joint

Showing 40 of 65 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

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