Spinal cord compression
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Spinal cord compression |
| ICD10 code: | G95.2 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Spinal Compression, Cervical Myelopathy |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- ==Myelitis vs Myelopathy - info from that article info moved here==
- we did not have this DX in the old code. (inflammation of the spinal cord)
- If a patient has a diagnosis of myelitis:
- If the localization is cervical spinal cord, then use: Cervical Myelopathy which is spinal cord compression (59909)
- If not known to be cervical, then use: Neurologic Other Problem - OTHER PROBLEMS (59990)
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Transverse myelitis, acute
- Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, noninfectious
- Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, bacterial
- Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, viral
- Encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis, infectious NOS
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