M48.8X3 Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from M48.8 Other specified spondylopathies

Applicable to

• Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 93 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Specified Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 40 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue Disease
• RxHCC V08: HCC 83 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
• ESRD V24: HCC 40

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 545-547 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 720.0 Ankylosing spondylitis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M48.8X3

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

• M48.58XS Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, sequela of fracture
• M48.8 Other specified spondylopathies
• M48.8X Other specified spondylopathies
• M48.8X1 Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M48.8X2 Other specified spondylopathies, cervical region
• M48.8X3 Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region (this code)
• M48.8X4 Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic region
• M48.8X5 Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region
• M48.8X6 Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region
• M48.8X7 Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral region
• M48.8X8 Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region