M46.3
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)
Code Hierarchy
Coding Guidelines
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Specific Codes (10)
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine
Related Codes
Spinal enthesopathy
Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified
Osteomyelitis of vertebra
Discitis, unspecified
Other infective spondylopathies
Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies
Unspecified inflammatory spondylopathy
