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Category · FY2027

M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

  • Header · not billable

M49 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 1 subdivision.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. M45-M49 Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
  3. M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
1
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
20

Codes in M49

  1. M49.8
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
    Header
  2. M49.80
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified
    Billable
  3. M49.81
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  4. M49.82
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region
    Billable
  5. M49.83
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  6. M49.84
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region
    Billable
  7. M49.85
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  8. M49.86
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region
    Billable
  9. M49.87
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  10. M49.88
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  11. M49.89
    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At M49

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

Excludes1

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

Code first

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

Notes that also apply

Chapter 13 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 13 page.

Index entries

  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae) → E64.3 [M49.80]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosis → A23.9 [M49.80]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)cervical region → E64.3 [M49.82]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)cervicothoracic region → E64.3 [M49.83]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)lumbar region → E64.3 [M49.86]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)lumbosacral region → E64.3 [M49.87]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)multiple sites → E64.3 [M49.89]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)occipito-atlanto-axial region → E64.3 [M49.81]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)sacrococcygeal region → E64.3 [M49.88]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)thoracic region → E64.3 [M49.84]
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)rachitic (late effect or sequelae)thoracolumbar region → E64.3 [M49.85]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosiscervical region → A23.9 [M49.82]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosiscervicothoracic region → A23.9 [M49.83]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosislumbar region → A23.9 [M49.86]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosislumbosacral region → A23.9 [M49.87]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosismultiple sites → A23.9 [M49.89]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosisoccipito-atlanto-axial region → A23.9 [M49.81]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosissacrococcygeal region → A23.9 [M49.88]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosisthoracic region → A23.9 [M49.84]
  • Spondylitis (chronic)in (due to)brucellosisthoracolumbar region → A23.9 [M49.85]

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