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M48

M48: Other spondylopathies

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M48 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other spondylopathies. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with M48

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
  • M48.5Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
  • M80Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture
  • M84.4Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified
  • M85.8Other specified disorders of bone density and structure

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M48

8 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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