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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M47.0

Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes

ICD-10-CM Code:
M47.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
    (M00–M99)

M47.0 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes

Non-specific codes like M47.0 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes:

  • M47.01 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.011 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, occipito-atlanto-axial region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.012 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervical region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.013 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, cervicothoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.014 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.015 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracolumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.016 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, lumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.019 for Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • M47.02 for Vertebral artery compression syndromes - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.021 for Vertebral artery compression syndromes, occipito-atlanto-axial region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.022 for Vertebral artery compression syndromes, cervical region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M47.029 for Vertebral artery compression syndromes, site unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information

  • Spondylosis

    a degenerative spinal disease that can involve any part of the vertebra, the intervertebral disk, and the surrounding soft tissue.

Patient Education


Spine Injuries and Disorders

Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae. The vertebrae protect your spinal cord and allow you to stand and bend. A number of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage the vertebrae and surrounding tissue. They include:

  • Infections
  • Injuries
  • Tumors
  • Conditions, such as ankylosing spondylitis and scoliosis
  • Bone changes that come with age, such as spinal stenosis and herniated disks

Spinal diseases often cause pain when bone changes put pressure on the spinal cord or nerves. They can also limit movement. Treatments differ by disease, but sometimes they include back braces and surgery.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.