M48.8 — Other specified spondylopathies
Not billable
Is M48.8 billable?
No — M48.8 is a non-billable header code. M48.8 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 9 billable codes beneath M48.8.
Billable codes under this header
- M48.8X1Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.8X2Other specified spondylopathies, cervical region
- M48.8X3Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region
- M48.8X4Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic region
- M48.8X5Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region
- M48.8X6Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region
- M48.8X7Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral region
- M48.8X8Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M48.8X9Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecified
M48.8 at a glance
| Code | M48.8 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other specified spondylopathies |
| 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 M48.8.
- Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M48.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M48.8 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 M48.8? (1)
How long has M48.8 existed?
M48.8 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.