Infantile idiopathic 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:

M41.00 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified
M41.02 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region
M41.03 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
M41.04 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region
M41.05 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
M41.06 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region
M41.07 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region
M41.08 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Infantile idiopathic 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.

Inherited from M41 Scoliosis

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M41.1	Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis	Not billable
M41.2	Other idiopathic scoliosis	Not billable
M41.3	Thoracogenic scoliosis	Not billable
M41.4	Neuromuscular scoliosis	Not billable
M41.5	Other secondary scoliosis	Not billable
M41.8	Other forms of scoliosis	Not billable
M41.9	Scoliosis, unspecified	Valid