ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M47.8 Other spondylosis › M47.89

M47.89

Other spondylosis

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:

  • M47.891 Other spondylosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M47.892 Other spondylosis, cervical region
  • M47.893 Other spondylosis, cervicothoracic region
  • M47.894 Other spondylosis, thoracic region
  • M47.895 Other spondylosis, thoracolumbar region
  • M47.896 Other spondylosis, lumbar region
  • M47.897 Other spondylosis, lumbosacral region
  • M47.898 Other spondylosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
  • M47.899 Other spondylosis, 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 Other spondylosis

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M47.81 Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy Not billable