M48.3
Header — not billableTraumatic spondylopathy
The ICD-10 code for traumatic spondylopathy is M48.3.
M48.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 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 M48.3
- M48.30Traumatic spondylopathy, site unspecified
- M48.31Traumatic spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.32Traumatic spondylopathy, cervical region
- M48.33Traumatic spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M48.34Traumatic spondylopathy, thoracic region
- M48.35Traumatic spondylopathy, thoracolumbar region
- M48.36Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbar region
- M48.37Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbosacral region
- M48.38Traumatic spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Related codes in this category
- M48.0Spinal stenosisnon-billable header
- M48.1Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]non-billable header
- M48.2Kissing spinenon-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
- M48.3Traumatic spondylopathynon-billable header