Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region
Billable / specificHCC V28 93
M48.8X6 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 M48)
- 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 M48)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M48)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M48)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M48)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M48)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M48)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M48)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M48)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M48)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M48)
Parent code
- M48.8XOther specified spondylopathiesHeader
Related codes
- M48.8X1Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
- M48.8X2Other specified spondylopathies, cervical regionBillable
- M48.8X3Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable
- M48.8X4Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic regionBillable
- M48.8X5Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable
- M48.8X7Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable
- M48.8X8Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable
- M48.8X9Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecifiedBillable