ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.4 Discitis, unspecified › M46.41
M46.41
Discitis, unspecified, 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 Discitis, unspecified, 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 > occipito-atlanto-axial region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.40 | Discitis, unspecified, site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.42 | Discitis, unspecified, cervical region | Valid |
| M46.43 | Discitis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M46.44 | Discitis, unspecified, thoracic region | Valid |
| M46.45 | Discitis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M46.46 | Discitis, unspecified, lumbar region | Valid |
| M46.47 | Discitis, unspecified, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M46.48 | Discitis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |
| M46.49 | Discitis, unspecified, multiple sites in spine | Valid |