ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M45-M49 Spondylopathies
M46- Other inflammatory spondylopathies

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M46.35

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

M46.35 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM M46.35 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M46.35 - other international versions of ICD-10 M46.35 may differ.

The following code(s) above M46.35 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to M46.35:

M00-M99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M46.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M46.3
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
Use Additional
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)

Approximate Synonyms

Pyogenic disc inflammation of thoracolumbar spine
Pyogenic discitis of thoracolumbar spine
Pyogenic infection of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc

ICD-10-CM M46.35 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

539 Osteomyelitis with mcc
540 Osteomyelitis with cc
541 Osteomyelitis without cc/mcc

Convert M46.35 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M46.35:

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9
Unspecified infectious disease
- intervertebral disc, pyogenic M46.30
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M46.30
  Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - thoracolumbar region M46.35

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M46.35

M46.25 …… thoracolumbar region

M46.26 …… lumbar region

M46.27 …… lumbosacral region

M46.28 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region

M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)

M46.30 …… site unspecified

M46.31 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M46.32 …… cervical region

M46.33 …… cervicothoracic region

M46.34 …… thoracic region

M46.35 …… thoracolumbar region

M46.36 …… lumbar region

M46.37 …… lumbosacral region

M46.38 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region

M46.39 …… multiple sites in spine

M46.4 Discitis, unspecified

M46.40 …… site unspecified

M46.41 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M46.42 …… cervical region

M46.43 …… cervicothoracic region

M46.44 …… thoracic region

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M46.35

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)

Unspecified infectious disease

Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified