ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48.2 Kissing spine › M48.21
M48.21
Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial 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 Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial 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.
- Baastrup's disease
- Kissing spine > occipito-atlanto-axial region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.20 | Kissing spine, site unspecified | Valid |
| M48.22 | Kissing spine, cervical region | Valid |
| M48.23 | Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region | Valid |
| M48.24 | Kissing spine, thoracic region | Valid |
| M48.25 | Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M48.26 | Kissing spine, lumbar region | Valid |
| M48.27 | Kissing spine, lumbosacral region | Valid |