ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M45-M49 Spondylopathies
M48- Other spondylopathies

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M48.27

Kissing spine, lumbosacral region

2016

2017

2018

2019

Billable/Specific Code

M48.27 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM M48.27 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M48.27 - other international versions of ICD-10 M48.27 may differ.

The following code(s) above M48.27 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 M48.27:

M00-M99
2019 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

Approximate Synonyms

Kissing spine, lumbar spine
Kissing spine, lumbosacral
Lumbar kissing spine
Lumbosacral kissing spine

ICD-10-CM M48.27 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

551 Medical back problems with mcc
552 Medical back problems without mcc

Convert M48.27 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M48.27:

Kissing spine M48.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M48.20
Kissing spine, site unspecified
- lumbosacral region M48.27

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M48.27

M48.18 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region

M48.19 …… multiple sites in spine

M48.2 Kissing spine

M48.20 …… site unspecified

M48.21 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M48.22 …… cervical region

M48.23 …… cervicothoracic region

M48.24 …… thoracic region

M48.25 …… thoracolumbar region

M48.26 …… lumbar region

M48.27 …… lumbosacral region

M48.3 Traumatic spondylopathy

M48.30 …… site unspecified

M48.31 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M48.32 …… cervical region

M48.33 …… cervicothoracic region

M48.34 …… thoracic region

M48.35 …… thoracolumbar region

M48.36 …… lumbar region

M48.37 …… lumbosacral region

M48.38 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region

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

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M48.27

Kissing spine, lumbosacral region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Kissing spine, site unspecified