M46.9
M46.9 — Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M46.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M46.9 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 M46.9
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M46.90Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, site unspecified
- M46.91Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M46.92Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, cervical region
- M46.93Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M46.94Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, thoracic region
- M46.95Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, thoracolumbar region
- M46.96Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, lumbar region
- M46.97Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, lumbosacral region
- M46.98Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M46.99Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy, multiple sites in spine
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M46. If M46.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M46.9
- Is M46.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M46.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M46.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).