ICD-10-CM Code M47.029

Valid for Submission

M47.029 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of vertebral artery compression syndromes, site unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code M47.029 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code M47.029 are found in the index:

• - Syndrome - See Also: Disease;
  • - compression - T79.5
    • - vertebral artery - M47.029

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code M47.029 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

• 551 - MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC
• 552 - MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC

Convert M47.029 to ICD-9

• 721.1 - Cerv spondyl w myelopath (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
  • Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
    • Spondylosis (M47)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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