ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54
M47 Spondylosis
51 codes under M47 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 45 valid for clinical use; 12 marked as a Prescribed Minimum Benefit.
| Code | Description | Use | Benefits |
|---|---|---|---|
| M47 | Spondylosis | Heading only | — |
| M47.0 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*) | Heading only | — |
| M47.00 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*), multiple sites in spine | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.01 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*), occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.02 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*), cervical region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.03 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*), cervicothoracic region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.09 † | Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes (G99.2*), site unspecified | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.1 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy | Heading only | — |
| M47.10 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, multiple sites in spine | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.11 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.12 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.13 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervicothoracic region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.14 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracic region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.15 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.16 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, lumbar region | Valid · may be primary | PMB 941A Spinal cord compression, ischaemia or degenerative disease NOS · Medical and surgical management |
| M47.17 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, lumbosacral region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.18 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.19 | Other spondylosis with myelopathy, site unspecified | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.2 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy | Heading only | — |
| M47.20 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, multiple sites in spine | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.21 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.22 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, cervical region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.23 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.24 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, thoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.25 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.26 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, lumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.27 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.28 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.29 | Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, site unspecified | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.8 | Other spondylosis | Heading only | — |
| M47.80 | Other spondylosis, multiple sites in spine | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.81 | Other spondylosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.82 | Other spondylosis, cervical region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.83 | Other spondylosis, cervicothoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.84 | Other spondylosis, thoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.85 | Other spondylosis, thoracolumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.86 | Other spondylosis, lumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.87 | Other spondylosis, lumbosacral region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.88 | Other spondylosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.89 | Other spondylosis, site unspecified | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.9 | Spondylosis, unspecified | Heading only | — |
| M47.90 | Spondylosis, unspecified, multiple sites in spine | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.91 | Spondylosis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.92 | Spondylosis, unspecified, cervical region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.93 | Spondylosis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.94 | Spondylosis, unspecified, thoracic region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.95 | Spondylosis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.96 | Spondylosis, unspecified, lumbar region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.97 | Spondylosis, unspecified, lumbosacral region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.98 | Spondylosis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · may be primary | — |
| M47.99 | Spondylosis, unspecified, site unspecified | Valid · may be primary | — |
Prescribed Minimum Benefits in M47. A medical scheme must fund the diagnosis, treatment and care of a PMB condition in full, within its rules on designated providers and treatment protocols. The PMB code and treatment component beside each code come from the Council for Medical Schemes’ PMB Coded List; the scheme decides whether a given claim qualifies.
Source and terms
Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.
The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page
Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.
ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.
Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.
Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.
This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.
This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.
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