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M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

Non-Billable/Non-Specific

Includes

  • curvature of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
  • deformity of spine in diseases classified elsewhere
  • kyphosis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • scoliosis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • brucellosis (A23.-)
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (G60.0)
  • enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)
  • osteitis fibrosa cystica (E21.0)

Type 1 Excludes

  • curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] (A18.01)
  • enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)
  • gonococcal spondylitis (A54.41)
  • neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis (A52.11)
  • neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia (G95.0)
  • neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis (A52.11)
  • nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC (G98.0)
  • spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) (A52.77)
  • tuberculous spondylitis (A18.01)
  • typhoid fever spondylitis (A01.05)

Codes

  • M49.8Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
    • M49.80Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified
    • M49.81Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    • M49.82Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region
    • M49.83Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region
    • M49.84Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region
    • M49.85Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region
    • M49.86Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region
    • M49.87Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region
    • M49.88Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    • M49.89Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine