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M46.81
Other specified inflammatory 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 specified inflammatory 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.
- Spondylitis
- Disease, diseased > spine
- Arthritis, arthritic > back
- Arthritis, arthritic > vertebral
- Disease, diseased > vertebra, vertebral
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spine
- Spondylopathy > inflammatory > specified type NEC > occipito-atlanto-axial region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M46.80 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, site unspecified | Valid |
| M46.82 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervical region | Valid |
| M46.83 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M46.84 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracic region | Valid |
| M46.85 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M46.86 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbar region | Valid |
| M46.87 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M46.88 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |
| M46.89 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, multiple sites in spine | Valid |