ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M40-M43 › M41 Scoliosis › M41.2
M41.2
Other 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.
Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:
- M41.20 Other idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified
- M41.22 Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region
- M41.23 Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
- M41.24 Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region
- M41.25 Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
- M41.26 Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region
- M41.27 Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral 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 Other 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 |
|---|---|---|
| M41.0 | Infantile idiopathic scoliosis | Not billable |
| M41.1 | Juvenile and adolescent 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 |