Other infective spondylopathies, multiple sites in spine
Billable / specific
M46.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
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)
Also known as
- Spondylopathy, infective NEC, multiple sites
Parent code
- M46.5Other infective spondylopathiesHeader
Related codes
- M46.50Other infective spondylopathies, site unspecifiedBillable
- M46.51Other infective spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
- M46.52Other infective spondylopathies, cervical regionBillable
- M46.53Other infective spondylopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable
- M46.54Other infective spondylopathies, thoracic regionBillable
- M46.55Other infective spondylopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable
- M46.56Other infective spondylopathies, lumbar regionBillable
- M46.57Other infective spondylopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable
- M46.58Other infective spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable