Spinal cord compression

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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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    • 2999-12-31
    • G95.2
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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)

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