
 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 721.1 
Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy
- Short description: CERV SPONDYL W MYELOPATH.
- ICD-9-CM 721.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 721.1 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 721.1.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 721.1: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 
721.1 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M47.12 Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region
 Approximate Synonyms
- Anterior cervicothoracic spinal artery compression
- Anterior spinal artery compression
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of cervical spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of cervicothoracic spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of lumbar spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial  spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of thoracic spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome of thoracolumbar spinal cord
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of cervical spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of cervicothoracic spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of lumbar spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of occipitatlantoaxial spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of occipitoatlantoaxial spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of thoracic spine
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes of thoracolumbar spine
- Anterior thoracic spinal artery compression
- Anterior thoracolumbar spinal artery compression
- Cervical anterior spinal artery compression
- Cervical myelopathy
- Cervical spondylosis w myelopathy
- Compression syndrome of anterior spinal artery
- Lumbar anterior spinal artery compression syndrome
- Myelopathy, cervical
- Occipitoatlantoaxial vertebral artery compression
- Spinal stenosis in cervical region with myelopathy
- Spinal stenosis of cervical spine w myelopathy
- Spondylosis of cervical (neck) joint with myelopathy
- Spondylosis of cervical joint W myelopathy
- Spondylosis of cervical joint with myelopathy
- Stenosis of cervical (neck) spine with myelopathy
- Stenosis of cervical spine w myelopathy
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome of cervical region
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome of occipitatlantoaxial spine region
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial region
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial spine region
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome, cervical
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome, cervical region
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome, neck region
- Vertebral artery syndrome of occipitatlantoaxial
Applies To
- Anterior spinal artery compression syndrome
- Spondylogenic compression of cervical spinal cord
- Vertebral artery compression syndrome
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 
721.1:
- Anterior - see also condition spinal artery compression syndrome 721.1 spinal artery compression syndrome 721.1
 
- Compression spinal (cord) (old or nontraumatic) 336.9 spinal (cord) (old or nontraumatic) 336.9   by displacement of intervertebral disc - see Displacement, intervertebral disc by displacement of intervertebral disc - see Displacement, intervertebral disc
  nerve nerve   root NEC 724.9 root NEC 724.9     postoperative 722.80 postoperative 722.80 
    traumatic - see Injury, nerve, spinal traumatic - see Injury, nerve, spinal
 
   traumatic - see Injury, nerve, spinal traumatic - see Injury, nerve, spinal
 
  spondylogenic 721.91 spondylogenic 721.91 
  traumatic - see also Injury, spinal, by site traumatic - see also Injury, spinal, by site   with fracture, vertebra - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury with fracture, vertebra - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
 
 
 
- Myelopathy (spinal cord) 336.9  cervical 721.1 cervical 721.1
  due to or with due to or with
 
- Spondylosis 721.90  cervical, cervicodorsal 721.0 cervical, cervicodorsal 721.0   with myelopathy 721.1 with myelopathy 721.1
 
 
- Syndrome - see also Disease anterior anterior
  vertebral vertebral