M43.2 - Fusion of spine
The ICD 10 Code for
Fusion of spine is listed as
M43.2. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
M43.2
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| Description: |
Fusion of spine
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Ankylosis of spinal joint
- Excludes1: ankylosing spondylitis (M45.0-)
- congenital fusion of spine (Q76.4)
- Excludes2: arthrodesis status (Z98.1)
- pseudoarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (M96.0)
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| Chapter |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99) |
| Block |
Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43) |
| Parent |
M43 - Other deforming dorsopathies |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M43.2: |
|---|
| M43.20 - Fusion of spine, site unspecified |
| M43.21 - Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region |
| M43.22 - Fusion of spine, cervical region |
| M43.23 - Fusion of spine, cervicothoracic region |
| M43.24 - Fusion of spine, thoracic region |
| M43.25 - Fusion of spine, thoracolumbar region |
| M43.26 - Fusion of spine, lumbar region |
| M43.27 - Fusion of spine, lumbosacral region |
| M43.28 - Fusion of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M43.2: |
|---|
| M43.0 - Spondylolysis |
| M43.1 - Spondylolisthesis |
| M43.3 - Recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation with myelopathy |
| M43.4 - Other recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation |
| M43.5 - Other recurrent vertebral dislocation |
| M43.6 - Torticollis |
| M43.8 - Other specified deforming dorsopathies |
| M43.9 - Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified |
