ICD-10-CM Code G95.1
Vascular myelopathies
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code G95.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of G95.1 that describes the diagnosis 'vascular myelopathies' in more detail.
- G95.1 Vascular myelopathies NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code G951 is used to code Vascular myelopathy
Vascular myelopathy (vascular disease of the spinal cord) refers to an abnormality of the spinal cord in regard to its blood supply. The blood supply is complicated and supplied by two major vessel groups: the posterior spinal arteries and the anterior spinal arteries—of which the Artery of Adamkiewicz is the largest. Both the posterior and anterior spinal arteries run the entire length of the spinal cord and receive anastomotic (conjoined) vessels in many places. The anterior spinal artery has a less efficient supply of blood and is therefore more susceptible to vascular disease. Whilst atherosclerosis of spinal arteries is rare, necrosis (death of tissue) in the anterior artery can be caused by disease in vessels originating from the segmental arteries such as atheroma (arterial wall swelling) or aortic dissection (a tear in the aorta).
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 336.1 |
Coding Notes for G95.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, except non-pyogenic - instead, use Code G08
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Intermittent spinal claudication (disorder)
- Non-traumatic spinal subdural hematoma (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'G95.1 - Vascular myelopathies'
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Parent Code: G95 - Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord