ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G95.11
Acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic)
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G95.11
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G95 — Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G95.11 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic). Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G95
- G95Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord
- G95.0Syringomyelia and syringobulbia
- G95.1Vascular myelopathies
- G95.19Other vascular myelopathies
- G95.2Other and unspecified cord compression
- G95.20Unspecified cord compression
- G95.29Other cord compression
- G95.8Other specified diseases of spinal cord
- G95.81Conus medullaris syndrome
- G95.89Other specified diseases of spinal cord
- G95.9Disease of spinal cord, unspecified
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