ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.5 Other infective spondylopathies › M46.51
M46.51
Other infective spondylopathies, 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 Other infective spondylopathies, 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.
- Arthropyosis
- Pyoarthrosis
- Septic > joint
- Abscess > joint
- Pyemia, pyemic > joint
- Pyarthritis, pyarthrosis
- Disease, diseased > spine
- Spondylitis > infectious NEC
- Arthritis, arthritic > septic
- Arthritis, arthritic > purulent
- Suppuration, suppurative > joint
- Arthritis, arthritic > suppurative
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection
- Arthritis, arthritic > septic > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > purulent > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > spine > pyogenic
- Disease, diseased > joint > suppurative
- Disease, diseased > vertebra, vertebral
- Abscess > joint > spine > nontuberculous
- Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy > infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > infectious or infective
- Arthritis, arthritic > pyogenic or pyemic > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > infectious or infective > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > spine > infectious or infective NEC
- Spondylopathy > infective NEC > occipito-atlanto-axial region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.50 | Other infective spondylopathies, site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.52 | Other infective spondylopathies, cervical region | Valid |
| M46.53 | Other infective spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M46.54 | Other infective spondylopathies, thoracic region | Valid |
| M46.55 | Other infective spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M46.56 | Other infective spondylopathies, lumbar region | Valid |
| M46.57 | Other infective spondylopathies, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M46.58 | Other infective spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |
| M46.59 | Other infective spondylopathies, multiple sites in spine | Valid |