M47.01
Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
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Alongside this code 1 same parent — M47.0
Subordinate codes 7
M47.011 Anterior spinal artery comprsn synd, occipt-atlan-ax region M47.012 Anterior spinal artery comprsn syndromes, cervical region M47.013 Anterior spinal artery comprsn syndromes, cervicothor region M47.014 Anterior spinal artery comprsn syndromes, thoracic region M47.015 Anterior spinal artery comprsn syndromes, thoracolum region M47.016 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, lumbar region M47.019 Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unsp
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