M47.81

Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy

Non-billable header

M47.81 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

arthrosis or osteoarthritis of spine
degeneration of facet joints
Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M47)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M47)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M47)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M47)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M47)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M47)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M47)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M47)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M47)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M47)

M47.811Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
M47.812Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical regionBillable
M47.813Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervicothoracic regionBillable
M47.814Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracic regionBillable
M47.815Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracolumbar regionBillable
M47.816Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar regionBillable
M47.817Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbosacral regionBillable
M47.818Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable
M47.819Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecifiedBillable