Diagnosis Code

G95.20 UNSPECIFIED CORD COMPRESSION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G95.20

Short Description: Unspecified cord compression

Long Description: Unspecified cord compression

The code G95.20 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
    • Other disorders of the nervous system (G89-G99)
      • Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord (G95)
        • G95.20 Unspecified cord compression

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Compression of cervical spinal cord
  • Metastatic spinal cord compression
  • Myelopathy due to malignant neoplastic disease
  • Myelopathy due to neoplastic disease
  • Myelopathy due to spinal cord compression
  • Myelopathy due to spondylosis
  • Spinal cord compression
  • Spinal cord compression due to degenerative disorder of spinal column
  • Spinal cord compression due to neoplasm
  • Traumatic spinal cord compression

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
G95.20 Right Arrow 336.9 Spinal cord disease NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
G95 Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord
G95.0 Syringomyelia and syringobulbia
G95.1 Vascular myelopathies
G95.11 Acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic)
G95.19 Other vascular myelopathies
G95.2 Other and unspecified cord compression
G95.29 Other cord compression
G95.8 Other specified diseases of spinal cord
G95.81 Conus medullaris syndrome
G95.89 Other specified diseases of spinal cord
G95.9 Disease of spinal cord, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023