M48.8
M48.8: Other specified spondylopathies
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M48.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified spondylopathies. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
Other codes that can never be billed with M48.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
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
1 child code. Green means billable.