M47.022 — Vertebral artery compression syndromes, cervical region
Is M47.022 billable?
Yes — M47.022 is billable for FY2027. M47.022 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M47.022 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
M47.022 at a glance
| Code | M47.022 |
|---|---|
| Description | Vertebral artery compression syndromes, cervical region |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does M47.022 group to?
M47.022 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.
- 551Medical Back Problems with MCCmedical
- 552Medical Back Problems without MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, M47.022 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is M47.022 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M47.022. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Syndrome › compression › vertebral artery › cervical region
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M47.022, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M47.022 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 M47.022 existed?
M47.022 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.