M45 Ankylosing spondylitis

Category / Non-billable header 21 subcodes

Block: Spondylopathies (M45-M49)

Includes

  • Rheumatoid arthritis of spine

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • arthropathy in Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
  • juvenile (ankylosing) spondylitis (M08.1)

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • Behçet's disease (M35.2)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
M45..0 Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine Yes
M45..1 Ankylosing spondylitis of occipito-atlanto-axial region Yes
M45..2 Ankylosing spondylitis of cervical region Yes
M45..3 Ankylosing spondylitis of cervicothoracic region Yes
M45..4 Ankylosing spondylitis of thoracic region Yes
M45..5 Ankylosing spondylitis of thoracolumbar region Yes
M45..6 Ankylosing spondylitis lumbar region Yes
M45..7 Ankylosing spondylitis of lumbosacral region Yes
M45..8 Ankylosing spondylitis sacral and sacrococcygeal region Yes
M45..9 Ankylosing spondylitis of unspecified sites in spine Yes
M45..A Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis No
M45..A0 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of unspecified sites in spine Yes
M45..A1 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of occipito-atlanto-axial region Yes
M45..A2 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of cervical region Yes
M45..A3 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of cervicothoracic region Yes
M45..A4 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of thoracic region Yes
M45..A5 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of thoracolumbar region Yes
M45..A6 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of lumbar region Yes
M45..A7 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of lumbosacral region Yes
M45..A8 Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of sacral and sacrococcygeal region Yes
M45..AB Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis of multiple sites in spine Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026