Spinal enthesopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Spinal enthesopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Capsulitis
Spur, bone
Periarthritis
Periarthrosis
Peritendinitis
Deformity > ligament
Lax, laxity > ligament
Tendinitis, tendonitis
Cyst > intraligamentous
Disease, diseased > muscle
Derangement > joint > ligament
Disease, diseased > fascia NEC
Disorder > tendon > tendinitis
Disease, diseased > aponeuroses
Disorder > muscular > attachments
Disorder > ligamentous attachments
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > ligament
Disorder > muscle > attachment, spine
Disorder > ligament > attachment, spine
Disorder > muscular > attachments > spine
Disorder > ligamentous attachments > spine
Contraction, contracture, contracted > ligament
Instability > joint > due to old ligament injury
Instability > joint > secondary to > old ligament injury
Disorder > spine > ligamentous or muscular attachments, peripheral
Enthesopathy > spinal > occipito-atlanto-axial region

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M46.00	Spinal enthesopathy, site unspecified	Valid
M46.02	Spinal enthesopathy, cervical region	Valid
M46.03	Spinal enthesopathy, cervicothoracic region	Valid
M46.04	Spinal enthesopathy, thoracic region	Valid
M46.05	Spinal enthesopathy, thoracolumbar region	Valid
M46.06	Spinal enthesopathy, lumbar region	Valid
M46.07	Spinal enthesopathy, lumbosacral region	Valid
M46.08	Spinal enthesopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid
M46.09	Spinal enthesopathy, multiple sites in spine	Valid