M48.35
Traumatic spondylopathy, 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 1
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M48.3
M48.30 Traumatic spondylopathy, site unspecified M48.31 Traumatic spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region M48.32 Traumatic spondylopathy, cervical region M48.33 Traumatic spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region M48.34 Traumatic spondylopathy, thoracic region M48.36 Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbar region M48.37 Traumatic spondylopathy, lumbosacral region M48.38 Traumatic spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.