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M48.8X

M48.8X: Other specified spondylopathies

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M48.8X 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.

Other codes that can never be billed with M48.8X

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 M48.8X

9 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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