M46.2
M46.2 — Osteomyelitis of vertebra
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M46.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteomyelitis of vertebra. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M46.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M46.2
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M46.20Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified
- M46.21Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.22Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region
- M46.23Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region
- M46.24Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region
- M46.25Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar region
- M46.26Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar region
- M46.27Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral region
- M46.28Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M46. If M46.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M46.2
- Is M46.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M46.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M46.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).