M49.8
M49.8 — Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M49.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M49.8 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 M49.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M49.80Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified
- M49.81Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M49.82Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region
- M49.83Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region
- M49.84Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region
- M49.85Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region
- M49.86Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region
- M49.87Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region
- M49.88Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M49.89Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine
Questions about M49.8
- Is M49.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M49.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M49.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Spondylopathies (M45-M49).