M46.35
Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M46.3
M46.30 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unsp M46.31 Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), occipt-atlan-ax region M46.32 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region M46.33 Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), cervicothor region M46.34 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region M46.36 Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region M46.37 Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region M46.38 Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), sacr/sacrocygl region M46.39 Infection of intvrt disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine
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