M48.2 Kissing spine

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Codes under M48.2

• M48.20 Kissing spine, site unspecified
• M48.21 Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M48.22 Kissing spine, cervical region
• M48.23 Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
• M48.24 Kissing spine, thoracic region
• M48.25 Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region
• M48.26 Kissing spine, lumbar region
• M48.27 Kissing spine, lumbosacral region

Code annotations containing back-references to M48.2

Back-references to M48

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

Nearby codes

• M48.15 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar region
• M48.16 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar region
• M48.17 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral region
• M48.18 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region
• M48.19 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine
• M48.2 Kissing spine (this code)
• M48.20 Kissing spine, site unspecified
• M48.21 Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M48.22 Kissing spine, cervical region
• M48.23 Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
• M48.24 Kissing spine, thoracic region