ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46.5 Other infective spondylopathies › M46.56
M46.56
Other infective spondylopathies, lumbar 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, lumbar 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 > lumbar region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.50 | Other infective spondylopathies, site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.51 | Other infective spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region | 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 |
| M46.57 | 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 |