ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) › M46.39
M46.39
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine
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), multiple sites in spine
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 > multiple sites
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.30 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.31 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region | 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 |