ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48.0 Spinal stenosis › M48.06

M48.06

Spinal stenosis, lumbar region

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017, and a category header from FY2018.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • M48.061 Spinal stenosis, lumbar region without neurogenic claudication
  • M48.062 Spinal stenosis, lumbar region with neurogenic claudication

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Spinal stenosis, lumbar region
  2. FY2018 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
M48.04 Spinal stenosis, thoracic region Valid
M48.05 Spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar region Valid
M48.07 Spinal stenosis, lumbosacral region Valid
M48.08 Spinal stenosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region Valid