ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48 Other spondylopathies › M48.3
M48.3
Traumatic spondylopathy
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 9 more specific codes instead:
- M48.30 Traumatic spondylopathy, site unspecified
- M48.31 Traumatic spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.32 Traumatic spondylopathy, cervical region
- M48.33 Traumatic spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M48.34 Traumatic spondylopathy, thoracic region
- M48.35 Traumatic spondylopathy, thoracolumbar region
- M48.36 Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbar region
- M48.37 Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbosacral region
- M48.38 Traumatic spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal 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 Traumatic spondylopathy
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.0 | Spinal stenosis | Not billable |
| M48.1 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] | Not billable |
| M48.2 | Kissing spine | 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 |