FY2027 ICD-10-CM reference
M48.8X: Other specified spondylopathies
By the HCC Buddy Coding Team
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Other specified spondylopathies. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Nonbillable heading. Verified against the official FY2027 order file.
More specific FY2027 codes
- M48.8X1: Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable code
- M48.8X2: Other specified spondylopathies, cervical regionBillable code
- M48.8X3: Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable code
- M48.8X4: Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic regionBillable code
- M48.8X5: Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable code
- M48.8X6: Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar regionBillable code
- M48.8X7: Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable code
- M48.8X8: Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable code
- M48.8X9: Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecifiedBillable code
FY2027 Tabular instructions
Instructions below include applicable chapter, section and parent-code notes. Each note identifies where it appears in the official source.
Instructional note
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
neoplasms (C00-D49)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Source: M00-M99 (chapter, inherited).
Instructional note
Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
Source: M48.8 (self, inherited).
Compare the FY2027 additions, removals and billable-status changes
What does M48.8X mean in FY2027?
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Other specified spondylopathies. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Is M48.8X billable in FY2027?
The FY2027 order file marks M48.8X as a nonbillable heading. Select a complete billable child code.
Does M48.8X map to an HCC?
Risk-model mapping is not applicable to this nonbillable heading. Check a complete billable child code.
Source: CMS FY2027 ICD-10-CM order file. Read the FY2027 Official Guidelines.
Review the FY2026 April edition