ICD-10-CM Code M43.0
Spondylolysis
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code M43.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of M43.0 that describes the diagnosis 'spondylolysis' in more detail.
- M43.0 Spondylolysis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE M43.00 Spondylolysis, site unspecified
- BILLABLE M43.01 Spondylolysis, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- BILLABLE M43.02 Spondylolysis, cervical region
- BILLABLE M43.03 Spondylolysis, cervicothoracic region
- BILLABLE M43.04 Spondylolysis, thoracic region
- BILLABLE M43.05 Spondylolysis, thoracolumbar region
- BILLABLE M43.06 Spondylolysis, lumbar region
- BILLABLE M43.07 Spondylolysis, lumbosacral region
- BILLABLE M43.08 Spondylolysis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- BILLABLE M43.09 Spondylolysis, multiple sites in spine
The ICD code M430 is used to code Spondylolysis
Spondylolysis is a defect of a vertebra. More specifically it is defined as a defect in the pars interarticularis of the vertebral arch. The great majority of cases occur in the lowest of the lumbar vertebrae (L5), but spondylolysis may also occur in the other lumbar vertebrae, as well as in the thoracic vertebrae.
| Specialty: | Orthopedics |
| MeSH Code: | D013169 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 738.4 |
Spondylolysis
Coding Notes for M43.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Congenital spondylolysis - instead, use code Q76.2
- Spondylolisthesis - instead, use code M43.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M43.0 - Spondylolysis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M43.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: M43 - Other deforming dorsopathies