FY2016
Effective from
- First observed
Spinal enthesopathy
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2016For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
No recorded change since first observation
Effective from
Spinal enthesopathy
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2016| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Disorder of ligamentous or muscular attachments of spine
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
M46.00Spinal enthesopathy, site unspecifiedBillable / specificM46.01Spinal enthesopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable / specificM46.02Spinal enthesopathy, cervical regionBillable / specificM46.03Spinal enthesopathy, cervicothoracic regionBillable / specificM46.04Spinal enthesopathy, thoracic regionBillable / specificM46.05Spinal enthesopathy, thoracolumbar regionBillable / specificM46.06Spinal enthesopathy, lumbar regionBillable / specificM46.07Spinal enthesopathy, lumbosacral regionBillable / specificM46.08Spinal enthesopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable / specificM46.09Spinal enthesopathy, multiple sites in spineBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M46.1 | Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified | Billable / specific |
| M46.2 | Osteomyelitis of vertebra | Category · further specificity required |
| M46.3 | Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) | Category · further specificity required |
| M46.4 | Discitis, unspecified | Category · further specificity required |
| M46.5 | Other infective spondylopathies | Category · further specificity required |
| M46.8 | Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies | Category · further specificity required |
| M46.9 | Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 2 · spinal enthesopathy (M46.0-)