G95.0

Syringomyelia and syringobulbia

FY2027Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system/G89–G99 Other disorders of the nervous system

BillableComplete code, valid to report

G95.0 (also written G950) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for syringomyelia and syringobulbia. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 8 codes in category G95 (Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 12 entries. Its coding notes include 9 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from G95 Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • 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)

Care settings

How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.

Home Health Primary

Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the Neuro Rehabilitation clinical group.

Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026

IRF 60% Rule

On the CMS list of diagnoses used to determine presumptive compliance with the IRF 60 percent rule.

Source: CMS IRF Presumptive Compliance-3, FY 2027 IRF PPS final rule files, effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2026

Hospital CC

Counts as a complication or comorbidity (CC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 136 codes in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.

Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix C

IPF Primary

IPF MS-DRG adjustment. A principal diagnosis of this code groups to one of these MS-DRGs. Which one depends on other facts of the stay, so the factor is a range:

MS-DRGDescriptionFactor
056Degenerative nervous system disorders w MCC1.12
057Degenerative nervous system disorders w/o MCC1.11
A principal diagnosis that groups to none of the 19 designated MS-DRGs gets no MS-DRG adjustment. Otherwise the claim still receives the federal per diem base rate and the other adjustments.

Source: CMS IPF PPS FY 2027 final rule (CMS-1847-F), Addendum A; code lists from the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44; effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2026

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 12 entries