M46.30 — Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified
M46.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
M46.30 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
M46.30 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 6 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59434Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
How M46.30 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M46.30.
- Infection, infected, infective›intervertebral disc, pyogenic
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M46.3. If M46.30 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M46.31Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.32Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region
- M46.33Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region
- M46.34Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region
- M46.35Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region
- M46.36Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region
- M46.37Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region
- M46.38Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.39Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine
Questions about M46.30
- Is M46.30 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M46.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M46.30 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).