M48.2
M48.2 — Kissing spine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M48.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for kissing spine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M48.2 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 M48.2
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- M48.20Kissing spine, site unspecified
- M48.21Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.22Kissing spine, cervical region
- M48.23Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
- M48.24Kissing spine, thoracic region
- M48.25Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region
- M48.26Kissing spine, lumbar region
- M48.27Kissing spine, lumbosacral region
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M48. If M48.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M48.2
- Is M48.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M48.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M48.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).