336.8 MYELOPATHY NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 336.8

Short Description: Myelopathy NEC

Long Description: Other myelopathy

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)
      • 336 Other diseases of spinal cord
        • 336.8 Myelopathy NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Conus medullaris syndrome
  • Degenerative myelopathy
  • Drug-induced myelopathy
  • Loculation syndrome
  • Myelomalacia
  • Poliomyelomalacia
  • Radiation-induced myelopathy
  • Spinopontine degeneration

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 336.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • spinal (cord) 336.8
      • acute 336.8
      • muscular (chronic) 335.10
        • adult 335.19
        • familial 335.11
        • juvenile 335.10
      • paralysis 335.10
        • acute (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
  • Conus (any type) (congenital) 743.57
    • medullaris syndrome 336.8
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • cauda equina 336.8
  • Deformity 738.9
    • spinal
      • cord (congenital) 742.9
        • acquired 336.8
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • anterior cornua, spinal cord 336.8
    • heredofamilial
      • spinal cord NEC 336.8
    • spinal (cord) 336.8
      • amyloid 277.39
      • column 733.90
      • combined (subacute) (see also Degeneration, combined) 266.2 [336.2]
        • with anemia (pernicious) 281.0 [336.2]
      • dorsolateral (see also Degeneration, combined) 266.2 [336.2]
      • familial NEC 336.8
      • fatty 336.8
      • funicular (see also Degeneration, combined) 266.2 [336.2]
      • heredofamilial NEC 336.8
      • posterolateral (see also Degeneration, combined) 266.2 [336.2]
      • subacute combined - see Degeneration, combined
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 013.8
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • heredodegenerative NEC
      • spinal cord 336.8
  • Froin's syndrome 336.8
  • Myelomalacia 336.8
  • Myelopathy (spinal cord) 336.9
    • drug-induced 336.8
    • radiation-induced 336.8
  • Ossification
    • meninges (cerebral) 349.2
      • spinal 336.8
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • spinal (cord) NEC 344.1
      • hereditary 336.8
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
    • spinal (cord) (general) (progressive) (transverse) 336.8
      • ascending 357.0
      • combined - see also Degeneration, combined
        • multiple 340
        • syphilitic 094.89
      • disseminated 340
      • dorsolateral - see Degeneration, combined
      • hereditary (Friedreich's) (mixed form) 334.0
      • lateral (amyotrophic) 335.24
      • multiple 340
      • posterior (syphilitic) 094.0
  • Softening
    • spinal cord 336.8
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • conus medullaris 336.8
    • Froin's 336.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 336.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
336.8 Right Arrow G95.89 Other specified diseases of spinal cord
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
336.0 Syringomyelia and syringobulbia
336.1 Vascular myelopathies
336.2 Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere
336.3 Myelopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere
336.9 Unspecified disease of spinal cord


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