M47.019 — Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified
M47.019 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
M47.019 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.
Medicare coverage
M47.019 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 6 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59434Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
How M47.019 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M47.019.
- Syndrome›anterior›spinal artery›compression
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M47.01. If M47.019 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about M47.019
- Is M47.019 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M47.019 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M47.019 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).