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M41

Scoliosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:

  • M41.0 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.1 Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.2 Other idiopathic scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.3 Thoracogenic scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.4 Neuromuscular scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.5 Other secondary scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.8 Other forms of scoliosis (also a header)
  • M41.9 Scoliosis, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Scoliosis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)
  • congenital scoliosis due to bony malformation (Q76.3)
  • postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)
  • kyphoscoliotic heart disease (I27.1)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • postprocedural scoliosis (M96.89)
  • postradiation scoliosis (M96.5)

Includes

  • kyphoscoliosis