Code
Hierarchy
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M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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M45-M49 Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
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M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies
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M46.4 Discitis, unspecified
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M46.40 Discitis, unspecified, site unspecified
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M46.41 Discitis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region
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M46.42 Discitis, unspecified, cervical region
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M46.43 Discitis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region
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M46.44 Discitis, unspecified, thoracic region
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M46.45 Discitis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region
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M46.46 Discitis, unspecified, lumbar region
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M46.47 Discitis, unspecified, lumbosacral region
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M46.48 Discitis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
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M46.49 Discitis, unspecified, multiple sites in spine
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Notes
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Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes 2
- L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)