M47.819
Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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
Index entries leading here 6
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
- facet joint M47.819
- Arthropathy M12.9
- facet joint M47.819
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- joint — see also Disorder, joint
- facet joint M47.819
- joint — see also Disorder, joint
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- facet joint M47.819
- Spondylosis M47.9
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- facet joint M47.819
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M47.81
M47.811 Spondyls w/o myelpath or radiculopathy, occipt-atlan-ax rgn M47.812 Spondylosis w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region M47.813 Spondyls w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervicothor region M47.814 Spondylosis w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracic region M47.815 Spondyls w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracolum region M47.816 Spondylosis w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region M47.817 Spondyls w/o myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbosacr region M47.818 Spondyls w/o myelpath or radiculopathy, sacr/sacrocygl rgn
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