Other specified diseases of spinal cord

📋Clinical Description

This code signifies a specific, but not otherwise classified, disease affecting the spinal cord. It covers conditions that are clearly identified as spinal cord disorders but do not have a more precise ICD-10-CM code available. This excludes general, unspecified spinal cord diseases.

🎯When to Use

Use this code when documentation specifies a particular spinal cord disease that doesn't fit into a more granular code within the G95 category, and the condition is not simply "myelopathy, unspecified." Examples include specific inflammatory, degenerative, or vascular conditions of the spinal cord that lack a dedicated code. Documentation should clearly state the specific nature of the spinal cord disease.

💡Coding Tips

Ensure the physician documentation specifies a particular spinal cord disease, not just a general term like "myelopathy."
Review the Excludes1 note carefully; never code this with G95.9 (myelopathy NOS).
Always attempt to find a more specific code within G95 before resorting to this "other specified" option.

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Clinical Notes

Inclusion Terms

Cord bladder NOS
Drug-induced myelopathy
Radiation-induced myelopathy

Excludes 1 — Not coded here

myelopathy NOS (G95.9)

Code Hierarchy

▲G95.8Other specified diseases of spinal cord

G95.89(current)

Crosswalks

336.8ApproxICD-9 336.8ApproxICD-9

Same Category

G95Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord G95.0Syringomyelia and syringobulbia G95.1Vascular myelopathies G95.11Acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic)