M46.4
M46.4 — Discitis, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M46.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for discitis, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M46.4 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 M46.4
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M46.40Discitis, unspecified, site unspecified
- M46.41Discitis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.42Discitis, unspecified, cervical region
- M46.43Discitis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region
- M46.44Discitis, unspecified, thoracic region
- M46.45Discitis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region
- M46.46Discitis, unspecified, lumbar region
- M46.47Discitis, unspecified, lumbosacral region
- M46.48Discitis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.49Discitis, unspecified, multiple sites in spine
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M46. If M46.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M46.4
- Is M46.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M46.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M46.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).