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M48

Other 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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • M48.0 Spinal stenosis (also a header)
  • M48.1 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] (also a header)
  • M48.2 Kissing spine (also a header)
  • M48.3 Traumatic spondylopathy (also a header)
  • M48.4 Fatigue fracture of vertebra (also a header)
  • M48.5 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
  • M48.8 Other specified spondylopathies (also a header)
  • M48.9 Spondylopathy, unspecified

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 spondylopathies