M48.22 Kissing spine, cervical region

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 551-552 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 721.5 Kissing spine (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M48.22

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M48.22

• Kissing spine › cervical region

Nearby codes

• M48.18 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region
• M48.19 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine
• M48.2 Kissing spine
• M48.20 Kissing spine, site unspecified
• M48.21 Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M48.22 Kissing spine, cervical region (this code)
• 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