M47.81
M47.81 — Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M47.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M47.81 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 M47.81
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M47.811Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M47.812Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region
- M47.813Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M47.814Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracic region
- M47.815Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region
- M47.816Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region
- M47.817Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
- M47.818Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M47.819Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M47.8. If M47.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M47.81
- Is M47.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M47.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M47.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).