ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies › M46.5

M46.5

Other infective spondylopathies

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M46.50 Other infective spondylopathies, site unspecified
  • M46.51 Other infective spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M46.52 Other infective spondylopathies, cervical region
  • M46.53 Other infective spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region
  • M46.54 Other infective spondylopathies, thoracic region
  • M46.55 Other infective spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region
  • M46.56 Other infective spondylopathies, lumbar region
  • M46.57 Other infective spondylopathies, lumbosacral region
  • M46.58 Other infective spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
  • M46.59 Other infective spondylopathies, 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other infective spondylopathies

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
M46.4 Discitis, unspecified Not billable
M46.8 Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies Not billable
M46.9 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy Not billable