Traumatic spondylopathy
Traumatic spondylopathy
M48.3 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
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Traumatic spondylopathy at an unspecified vertebral site — structural spinal damage caused by trauma when the affected spinal region is not documented in the medical record.
Traumatic spondylopathy localized to the occipito-atlanto-axial region — the articulations between the occiput, atlas (C1), and axis (C2) — resulting from trauma rather than a degenerative or inflammatory process.
Traumatic spondylopathy of the cervical spine — structural vertebral changes in the C1–C7 region caused by trauma, coded to the most anatomically specific level available under M48.3.
Traumatic spondylopathy localized to the cervicothoracic region — the junction of the cervical and thoracic spine (approximately C7–T1) — where vertebral structural changes result from injury rather than degenerative or inflammatory disease.
Traumatic spondylopathy of the thoracic spine — structural vertebral damage resulting from injury in the T1–T12 region, including deformity that may manifest or progress after the initial traumatic event.
Traumatic spondylopathy localized to the thoracolumbar junction (T12–L1 region), representing vertebral or spinal column pathology caused by mechanical trauma rather than degenerative or inflammatory disease.
Structural damage to one or more lumbar vertebrae caused by trauma, classified under other spondylopathies when the injury does not meet criteria for a discrete fracture code.
Traumatic spondylopathy of the lumbosacral region — structural vertebral pathology at the L5–S1 junction resulting from prior trauma rather than degenerative or inflammatory disease.
Traumatic spondylopathy confined to the sacral and sacrococcygeal vertebral segments — structural spinal damage in the sacrum or coccyx resulting from trauma rather than degenerative or inflammatory disease.