ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) › M46.31
M46.31
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial 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 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), 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.
- Discitis, diskitis > pyogenic
- Infection, infected, infective > intervertebral disc, pyogenic > occipito-atlanto-axial region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.30 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.32 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region | Valid |
| M46.33 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M46.34 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region | Valid |
| M46.35 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M46.36 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region | Valid |
| M46.37 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M46.38 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |
| M46.39 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine | Valid |