ICD-10-CM category
M48: Other spondylopathies
Codes under M48 (Other spondylopathies). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| M48.0 | Spinal stenosis | — |
| M48.00 | Spinal stenosis, site unspecified | ✓ |
| M48.01 | Spinal stenosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region | ✓ |
| M48.1 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] | — |
| M48.02 | Spinal stenosis, cervical region | ✓ |
| M48.2 | Kissing spine | — |
| M48.03 | Spinal stenosis, cervicothoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.3 | Traumatic spondylopathy | — |
| M48.04 | Spinal stenosis, thoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.4 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra | — |
| M48.05 | Spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar region | ✓ |
| M48.5 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified | — |
| M48.06 | Spinal stenosis, lumbar region | — |
| M48.07 | Spinal stenosis, lumbosacral region | ✓ |
| M48.08 | Spinal stenosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | ✓ |
| M48.8 | Other specified spondylopathies | — |
| M48.8X | Other specified spondylopathies | — |
| M48.8X1 | Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region | ✓ |
| M48.8X2 | Other specified spondylopathies, cervical region | ✓ |
| M48.8X3 | Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.8X4 | Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.8X5 | Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region | ✓ |
| M48.8X6 | Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region | ✓ |
| M48.8X7 | Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral region | ✓ |
| M48.8X8 | Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | ✓ |
| M48.8X9 | Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecified | ✓ |
| M48.9 | Spondylopathy, unspecified | ✓ |
| M48.10 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified | ✓ |
| M48.11 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], occipito-atlanto-axial region | ✓ |
| M48.12 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical region | ✓ |
| M48.13 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.14 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic region | ✓ |
| M48.15 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar region | ✓ |
| M48.16 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar region | ✓ |
| M48.17 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral region | ✓ |
| M48.18 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region | ✓ |
| M48.19 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ |
| 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 | ✓ |
| M48.40 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified | — |
| M48.40XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.40XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.40XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.40XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.41 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region | — |
| M48.41XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.41XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.41XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.41XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.42 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region | — |
| M48.42XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.42XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.42XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.42XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.43 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region | — |
| M48.43XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.43XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.43XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.43XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.44 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region | — |
| M48.44XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.44XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.44XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.44XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.45 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region | — |
| M48.45XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.45XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.45XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.45XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.46 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region | — |
| M48.46XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.46XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.46XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.46XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.47 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region | — |
| M48.47XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.47XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.47XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.47XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.48 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | — |
| M48.48XA | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.48XD | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.48XG | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.48XS | Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.50 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified | — |
| M48.50XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.50XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.50XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.50XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.51 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region | — |
| M48.51XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.51XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.51XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.51XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.52 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region | — |
| M48.52XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.52XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.52XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.52XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.53 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region | — |
| M48.53XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.53XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.53XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.53XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.54 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region | — |
| M48.54XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.54XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.54XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.54XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.55 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region | — |
| M48.55XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.55XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.55XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.55XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.56 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region | — |
| M48.56XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.56XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.56XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.56XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.57 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region | — |
| M48.57XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.57XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.57XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.57XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.58 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | — |
| M48.58XA | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture | ✓ |
| M48.58XD | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | ✓ |
| M48.58XG | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | ✓ |
| M48.58XS | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, sequela of fracture | ✓ |
| M48.061 | Spinal stenosis, lumbar region without neurogenic claudication | ✓ |
| M48.062 | Spinal stenosis, lumbar region with neurogenic claudication | ✓ |
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