Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
Non-billable header
M46.3 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)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Parent code
- M46Other inflammatory spondylopathiesHeader
More specific codes M46.3
- M46.30Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecifiedBillable
- M46.31Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
- M46.32Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical regionBillable
- M46.33Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic regionBillable
- M46.34Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic regionBillable
- M46.35Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar regionBillable
- M46.36Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar regionBillable
- M46.37Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral regionBillable
- M46.38Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable
- M46.39Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spineBillable