M46.2 Osteomyelitis of vertebra

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Codes under M46.2

• M46.20 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified
• M46.21 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M46.22 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region
• M46.23 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region
• M46.24 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region
• M46.25 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar region
• M46.26 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar region
• M46.27 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral region
• M46.28 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

Code annotations containing back-references to M46.2

Back-references to M46.2

• Type 2 Excludes: M86 Osteomyelitis ("vertebra (M46.2-)")

Back-references to M46

• Type 1 Excludes: G55 Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere ("nerve root compression (due to) (in) spondylopathies (M46.-, M48.-)")

Nearby codes

• M46.06 Spinal enthesopathy, lumbar region
• M46.07 Spinal enthesopathy, lumbosacral region
• M46.08 Spinal enthesopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
• M46.09 Spinal enthesopathy, multiple sites in spine
• M46.1 Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified
• M46.2 Osteomyelitis of vertebra (this code)
• M46.20 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified
• M46.21 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M46.22 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region
• M46.23 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region
• M46.24 Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region