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M43.2

Non-Billable (Header)

Fusion of spine

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • ankylosing spondylitis (M45.0-)
  • congenital fusion of spine (Q76.4)

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • arthrodesis status (Z98.1)
  • pseudoarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (M96.0)

Child Codes

M43.20Fusion of spine, site unspecified
M43.21Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
M43.22Fusion of spine, cervical region
M43.23Fusion of spine, cervicothoracic region
M43.24Fusion of spine, thoracic region
M43.25Fusion of spine, thoracolumbar region
M43.26Fusion of spine, lumbar region
M43.27Fusion of spine, lumbosacral region
M43.28Fusion of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

Code Hierarchy

└M43Other deforming dorsopathies└M43.2Fusion of spine
└M43.2Fusion of spine

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