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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M48 Other spondylopathies
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M48.8 Other specified spondylopathies
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M48.8X Other specified spondylopathies
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M48.8X1 Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
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M48.8X2 Other specified spondylopathies, cervical region
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M48.8X3 Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region
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M48.8X4 Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic region
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M48.8X5 Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region
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M48.8X6 Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region
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M48.8X7 Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral region
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M48.8X8 Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
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M48.8X9 Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecified
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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
Inclusion Terms
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Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
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)