G95.9

Disease of spinal cord, unspecified

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

BillableComplete code, valid to report
Care settingsHospital CC

G95.9 (also written G959) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for disease of spinal cord, unspecified. 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 3 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.

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 159 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

Inclusion terms

Conditions classified to this code.

This code
  • Myelopathy NOS

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 3 entries