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M46.33

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M45-M49 Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
      • M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies
        • M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
          • 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

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Use Additional

M46.3

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
    • B95-B97 Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)

Excludes 2

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • 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)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)