M47.014 — Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracic region

BillableCC

Is M47.014 billable?

Yes — M47.014 is billable for FY2027. M47.014 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M47.014 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

M47.014 at a glance

Code	M47.014
Description	Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, thoracic region
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does M47.014 group to?

M47.014 sits in MDC 08 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

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552Medical Back Problems without MCCmedical

As a secondary diagnosis, M47.014 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is M47.014 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M47.014. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Syndrome › anterior › spinal artery › compression › thoracic region

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M47.014, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M47.014 and the excluded code may both be reported.

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

How long has M47.014 existed?

M47.014 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.