ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54
M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
78 codes under M49 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 70 valid for clinical use; 10 marked as a Prescribed Minimum Benefit.
| Code | Description | Use | Benefits |
|---|---|---|---|
| M49 * | Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere | Heading only | — |
| M49.0 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+) | Heading only | — |
| M49.00 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.01 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.02 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), cervical region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.03 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.04 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.05 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.06 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.07 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.08 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.09 * | Tuberculosis of spine (A18.0+), site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | PMB 11S Tuberculosis · Diagnosis and acute medical management; successful transfer to maintenance therapy in accordance to DOH guidelines |
| M49.1 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+) | Heading only | — |
| M49.10 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.11 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.12 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.13 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.14 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.15 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.16 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.17 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.18 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.19 * | Brucella spondylitis (A23.-+), site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.2 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+) | Heading only | — |
| M49.20 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.21 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.22 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.23 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.24 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.25 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.26 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.27 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.28 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.29 * | Enterobacterial spondylitis (A01-A04+), site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.3 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere | Heading only | — |
| M49.30 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.31 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.32 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.33 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.34 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.35 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.36 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.37 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.38 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.39 * | Spondylopathy in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.4 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy | Heading only | — |
| M49.40 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.41 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.42 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.43 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.44 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.45 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.46 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.47 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.48 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.49 * | Neuropathic spondylopathy, site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.5 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere | Heading only | — |
| M49.50 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.51 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.52 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.53 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.54 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.55 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.56 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.57 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.58 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.59 * | Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.8 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere | Heading only | — |
| M49.80 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.81 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.82 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.83 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.84 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.85 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.86 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.87 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.88 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Valid · not as primary | — |
| M49.89 * | Spondylopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified | Valid · not as primary | — |
Prescribed Minimum Benefits in M49. 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.
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