ICD-10-CM Code M49
Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
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 M49 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the one child codes of M49 that describes the diagnosis 'spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere' in more detail.
- M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere NON-BILLABLE
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- M49.80 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified NON-BILLABLE
- M49.81 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.82 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.83 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.84 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.85 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.86 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.87 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.88 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region NON-BILLABLE
- M49.89 Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code M49 is used to code Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloarthropathy or spondyloarthrosis refers to any joint disease of the vertebral column. As such, it is a class or category of diseases rather than a single, specific entity. It differs from spondylopathy, which is a disease of the vertebra itself. However, many conditions involve both spondylopathy and spondyloarthropathy.
| Specialty: | Rheumatology |
| MeSH Codes: | , , , , , |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 720.721722723724, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724 |
Coding Notes for M49 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - 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
- codeFirst:
- Underlying disease, such as:
- Brucellosis See code A23.-
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease See code G60.0
- Enterobacterial infections See Section A01-A04
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica See code E21.0
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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." - Curvature of spine in tuberculosis [Pott's] - instead, use code A18.01
- Enteropathic arthropathies - instead, use code M07.-
- Gonococcal spondylitis - instead, use code A54.41
- Neuropathic [tabes dorsalis] spondylitis - instead, use code A52.11
- Neuropathic spondylopathy in syringomyelia - instead, use code G95.0
- Neuropathic spondylopathy in tabes dorsalis - instead, use code A52.11
- Nonsyphilitic neuropathic spondylopathy NEC - instead, use code G98.0
- Spondylitis in syphilis (acquired) - instead, use code A52.77
- Tuberculous spondylitis - instead, use code A18.01
- Typhoid fever spondylitis - instead, use code A01.05