ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies › M46.3
M46.3
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
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 10 more specific codes instead:
- M46.30 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified
- M46.31 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.32 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region
- M46.33 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region
- M46.34 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region
- M46.35 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region
- M46.36 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region
- M46.37 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region
- M46.38 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.39 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine
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 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.0 | Spinal enthesopathy | Not billable |
| M46.1 | Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| M46.2 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra | 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 |