M47.01
M47.01 — Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M47.01 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anterior spinal artery compression syndromes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M47.01 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M47.01
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- M47.011Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M47.012Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervical region
- M47.013Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervicothoracic region
- M47.014Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracic region
- M47.015Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracolumbar region
- M47.016Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, lumbar region
- M47.019Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M47.0. If M47.01 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M47.01
- Is M47.01 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M47.01 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M47.01 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).