ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies › M46.4
M46.4
Discitis, unspecified
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:
- M46.40 Discitis, unspecified, site unspecified
- M46.41 Discitis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.42 Discitis, unspecified, cervical region
- M46.43 Discitis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region
- M46.44 Discitis, unspecified, thoracic region
- M46.45 Discitis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region
- M46.46 Discitis, unspecified, lumbar region
- M46.47 Discitis, unspecified, lumbosacral region
- M46.48 Discitis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.49 Discitis, unspecified, 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 Discitis, unspecified
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 |
| M46.3 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) | Not billable |
| M46.5 | Other infective spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M46.8 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M46.9 | Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy | Not billable |