ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48 Other spondylopathies › M48.2
M48.2
Kissing spine
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 8 more specific codes instead:
- M48.20 Kissing spine, site unspecified
- M48.21 Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.22 Kissing spine, cervical region
- M48.23 Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
- M48.24 Kissing spine, thoracic region
- M48.25 Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region
- M48.26 Kissing spine, lumbar region
- M48.27 Kissing spine, lumbosacral region
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 Kissing spine
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.0 | Spinal stenosis | Not billable |
| M48.1 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] | Not billable |
| M48.3 | Traumatic spondylopathy | Not billable |
| M48.4 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra | Not billable |
| M48.5 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M48.8 | Other specified spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M48.9 | Spondylopathy, unspecified | Valid |