G95.89 Other specified diseases of spinal cord

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Cord bladder NOS
• Drug-induced myelopathy
• Radiation-induced myelopathy

Excludes1 (never code together)

• myelopathy NOS (G95.9)

Applies from G95 Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord

Excludes2 (not included here)

• myelitis (G04.-)

Applies from G95.8 Other specified diseases of spinal cord

Excludes1 (never code together)

• neurogenic bladder NOS (N31.9)
• neurogenic bladder due to cauda equina syndrome (G83.4)
• neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder without spinal cord lesion (N31.-)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 182 — Spinal Cord Disorders/Injuries
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 72 — Spinal Cord Disorders/Injuries
• RxHCC V08: HCC 155 — Spinal Cord Disorders
• ESRD V24: HCC 72

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 091-093 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 336.8 Other myelopathy (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to G95.89

Back-references to G95.89

• Type 1 Excludes: G83.4 Cauda equina syndrome ("cord bladder NOS (G95.89)")
• Code Also: G96.81 Intracranial hypotension ("Spinal cord herniation (G95.89)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N31 Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, not elsewhere classified ("cord bladder NOS (G95.89)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N31 Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, not elsewhere classified ("neuromuscular dysfunction due to spinal cord lesion (G95.89)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G95.89

• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › spinal (acute) (cord)
• Cord › bladder
• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › cauda equina
• Deformity › spinal › cord (congenital) › acquired
• Disease, diseased › heredodegenerative NEC › spinal cord
• Disease, diseased › spinal (cord) › specified NEC
• Gliosis (cerebral) › spinal
• Hemiplegia › ascending NEC › spinal
• Myelomalacia
• Myelopathy (spinal cord) › drug-induced
• Myelopathy (spinal cord) › radiation-induced
• Myelopathy (spinal cord) › toxic
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › spinal (cord) › hereditary
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › spinal (cord) (progressive)
• Softening › spinal cord
• Syndrome › Froin's

Nearby codes

• G95.2 Other and unspecified cord compression
• G95.20 Unspecified cord compression
• G95.29 Other cord compression
• G95.8 Other specified diseases of spinal cord
• G95.81 Conus medullaris syndrome
• G95.89 Other specified diseases of spinal cord (this code)
• G95.9 Disease of spinal cord, unspecified