ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.2 Osteomyelitis of vertebra › M46.25
M46.25
Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar region
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar 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.
- Osteitis
- Osteopathy
- Diaphysitis
- Endosteitis
- Periostitis
- Abscess > bone
- Abscess > serous
- Osteoperiostitis
- Dactylitis > bone
- Osteitis > Garr's
- Sequestrum > bone
- Abscess > scapular
- Ganglion > periosteal
- Osteomyelitis > Garr's
- Pearl-worker's disease
- Abscess > subperiosteal
- Formation > sequestrum in bone
- Osteomyelitis > nonsuppurating
- Abscess > bone > chronic or old
- Abscess > periosteum, periosteal
- Abscess > spine > nontuberculous
- Osteomyelitis > acute > vertebra
- Periostosis > with osteomyelitis
- Disease, diseased > pearl-worker's
- Osteomyelitis > chronic > vertebra
- Abscess > vertebra > nontuberculous
- Osteomyelitis > subacute > vertebra
- Osteitis > sclerotic, nonsuppurative
- Osteomyelitis > chronic > multifocal
- Infection, infected, infective > bone
- Suppuration, suppurative > pericranial
- Abscess > bone > spinal > nontuberculous
- Garré's disease, osteitis, osteomyelitis
- Osteomyelitis > sclerosing, nonsuppurative
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > bone
- Fistula > bone > with osteomyelitis, chronic
- Granuloma > bone > from residual foreign body
- Osteomyelitis > specified type NEC > vertebra
- Osteomyelitis > acute > hematogenous > vertebra
- Abscess > periosteum, periosteal > with osteomyelitis
Showing 40 of 48 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.20 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.21 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid |
| M46.22 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region | Valid |
| M46.23 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M46.24 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region | Valid |
| M46.26 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar region | Valid |
| M46.27 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M46.28 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |