M46.3 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
The ICD 10 Code for
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) is listed as
M46.3. 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: |
M46.3
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| Description: |
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
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Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
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| Chapter |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99) |
| Block |
Spondylopathies (M45-M49) |
| Parent |
M46 - Other inflammatory spondylopathies |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M46.3: |
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| M46.30 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified |
| M46.31 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region |
| M46.32 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region |
| M46.33 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region |
| M46.34 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region |
| M46.35 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region |
| M46.36 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region |
| M46.37 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region |
| M46.38 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region |
| M46.39 - Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M46.3: |
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| M46.0 - Spinal enthesopathy |
| M46.1 - Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified |
| M46.2 - Osteomyelitis of vertebra |
| M46.4 - Discitis, unspecified |
| M46.5 - Other infective spondylopathies |
| M46.8 - Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies |
| M46.9 - Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy |
