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M46.3

Non-billable

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Additional Information

From parent codes: M00-M99 (Chapter 13)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M00-M99

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • 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)
NotesFrom M00-M99

Additional notes from parent codes that apply to this code.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More Specific Codes (10)

M46.30Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified→M46.31Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region→M46.32Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region→M46.33Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region→M46.34Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region→M46.35Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region→M46.36Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region→M46.37Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region→M46.38Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region→M46.39Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine→