M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)

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• code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Codes under M46.3

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

Code annotations containing back-references to M46.3

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

• M46.24 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
• M46.3 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) (this code)
• M46.30 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified
• M46.31 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M46.32 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region
• M46.33 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region
• M46.34 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region