ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies › M46.2
M46.2
Osteomyelitis of vertebra
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:
- M46.20 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified
- M46.21 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.22 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region
- M46.23 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region
- M46.24 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region
- M46.25 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar region
- M46.26 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar region
- M46.27 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral region
- M46.28 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Osteomyelitis of vertebra
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.0 | Spinal enthesopathy | Not billable |
| M46.1 | Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| M46.3 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) | Not billable |
| M46.4 | Discitis, unspecified | Not billable |
| M46.5 | Other infective spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M46.8 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M46.9 | Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy | Not billable |