M48.0 — Spinal stenosis

Not billable

Is M48.0 billable?

No — M48.0 is a non-billable header code. M48.0 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 10 billable codes beneath M48.0.

Billable codes under this header

M48.0 at a glance

Code	M48.0
Description	Spinal stenosis
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to M48.0.

Caudal stenosis

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M48.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M48.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

What codes fall under M48.0? (9)

How long has M48.0 existed?

M48.0 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.