ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48.0 Spinal stenosis › M48.04
M48.04
Spinal stenosis, thoracic 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 Spinal stenosis, thoracic 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.
- Stenosis, stenotic > spinal > thoracic region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.00 | Spinal stenosis, site unspecified | Valid |
| M48.01 | Spinal stenosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid |
| M48.02 | Spinal stenosis, cervical region | Valid |
| M48.03 | Spinal stenosis, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M48.05 | Spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M48.06 | Spinal stenosis, lumbar region | Not billable |
| M48.07 | Spinal stenosis, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M48.08 | Spinal stenosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid |