M46.2

Osteomyelitis of vertebra

Non-billable header

M46.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M46)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M46)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M46)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M46)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M46)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M46)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M46)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M46)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M46)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M46)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M46)

Parent code

  • M46Other inflammatory spondylopathiesHeader

More specific codes M46.2

  • M46.20Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecifiedBillable
  • M46.21Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
  • M46.22Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical regionBillable
  • M46.23Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic regionBillable
  • M46.24Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic regionBillable
  • M46.25Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar regionBillable
  • M46.26Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar regionBillable
  • M46.27Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral regionBillable
  • M46.28Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable

Related codes

  • M46.0Spinal enthesopathyHeader
  • M46.1Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • M46.3Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)Header
  • M46.4Discitis, unspecifiedHeader
  • M46.5Other infective spondylopathiesHeader
  • M46.8Other specified inflammatory spondylopathiesHeader
  • M46.9Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathyHeader

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