FY2016
Effective from
- First observed
Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies
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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
Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies
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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 |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
M46.80Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, site unspecifiedBillable / specificM46.81Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable / specificM46.82Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervical regionBillable / specificM46.83Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable / specificM46.84Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracic regionBillable / specificM46.85Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable / specificM46.86Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbar regionBillable / specificM46.87Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable / specificM46.88Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable / specificM46.89Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, multiple sites in spineBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M46.0 | Spinal enthesopathy | 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 |
| M46.9 | Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗