M48.2
Header — not billableKissing spine
The ICD-10 code for kissing spine is M48.2.
M48.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M48.2
- M48.20Kissing spine, site unspecified
- M48.21Kissing spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.22Kissing spine, cervical region
- M48.23Kissing spine, cervicothoracic region
- M48.24Kissing spine, thoracic region
- M48.25Kissing spine, thoracolumbar region
- M48.26Kissing spine, lumbar region
- M48.27Kissing spine, lumbosacral region
Related codes in this category
- M48.0Spinal stenosisnon-billable header
- M48.1Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]non-billable header
- M48.3Traumatic spondylopathynon-billable header
- M48.4Fatigue fracture of vertebranon-billable header
- M48.5Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M48.8Other specified spondylopathiesnon-billable header
- M48.9Spondylopathy, unspecified
- M48.2Kissing spinenon-billable header