ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies › M46.9
M46.9
Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:
- M46.90 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, site unspecified
- M46.91 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.92 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, cervical region
- M46.93 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M46.94 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, thoracic region
- M46.95 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, thoracolumbar region
- M46.96 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, lumbar region
- M46.97 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, lumbosacral region
- M46.98 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.99 Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| M46.5 | Other infective spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M46.8 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies | Not billable |