G95.9

Applicable To

• Myelopathy NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy

• Myelopathy

• Myelopathy due to another disorder

• Myelopathy secondary

• Spinal cord disease

• Spinal cord injury

• Spinal cord lesion

Clinical Information

• A non neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the spinal cord.

• Pathologic conditions which feature spinal cord damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord.

• Pathologic conditions which feature spinal cord damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord. Traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, infections, and inflammatory/autoimmune processes may affect the spinal cord.

• Your spinal cord is the part of your nervous system that relays messages to and from your brain. It is housed inside your vertebrae, which are the bone disks that make up your spine. Normally, your vertebrae protect your spinal cord. If they don’t, you can sustain a spinal cord injury. Besides injuries, the spinal cord can develop

Details

• G95.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G95.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G95.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 G95.9 may differ.