ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54

M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies

81 codes under M46 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 72 valid for clinical use; 10 marked as a Prescribed Minimum Benefit.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
Code	Description	Use	Benefits
M46	Other inflammatory spondylopathies	Heading only	—
M46.0	Spinal enthesopathy	Heading only	—
M46.00	Spinal enthesopathy, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.01	Spinal enthesopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.02	Spinal enthesopathy, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.03	Spinal enthesopathy, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.04	Spinal enthesopathy, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.05	Spinal enthesopathy, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.06	Spinal enthesopathy, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.07	Spinal enthesopathy, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.08	Spinal enthesopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.09	Spinal enthesopathy, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.1	Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified	Heading only	—
M46.17	Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.18	Sacroiliitis, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.2	Osteomyelitis of vertebra	Heading only	—
M46.20	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.21	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.22	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.23	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.24	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.25	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.26	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.27	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.28	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.29	Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	PMB 32H Acute osteomyelitis · Medical and surgical management
M46.3	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic)	Heading only	—
M46.30	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.31	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.32	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.33	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.34	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.35	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.36	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.37	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.38	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.39	Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.4	Discitis, unspecified	Heading only	—
M46.40	Discitis, unspecified, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.41	Discitis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.42	Discitis, unspecified, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.43	Discitis, unspecified, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.44	Discitis, unspecified, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.45	Discitis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.46	Discitis, unspecified, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.47	Discitis, unspecified, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.48	Discitis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.49	Discitis, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.5	Other infective spondylopathies	Heading only	—
M46.50	Other infective spondylopathies, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.51	Other infective spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.52	Other infective spondylopathies, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.53	Other infective spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.54	Other infective spondylopathies, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.55	Other infective spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.56	Other infective spondylopathies, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.57	Other infective spondylopathies, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.58	Other infective spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.59	Other infective spondylopathies, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.8	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies	Heading only	—
M46.80	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.81	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.82	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.83	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.84	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.85	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.86	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.87	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.88	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.89	Other specified inflammatory spondylopathies, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.9	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified	Heading only	—
M46.90	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.91	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.92	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.93	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.94	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.95	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.96	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.97	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.98	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M46.99	Inflammatory spondylopathy, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—

Prescribed Minimum Benefits in M46. A medical scheme must fund the diagnosis, treatment and care of a PMB condition in full, within its rules on designated providers and treatment protocols. The PMB code and treatment component beside each code come from the Council for Medical Schemes’ PMB Coded List; the scheme decides whether a given claim qualifies.

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.

This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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