ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M40-M43 › M42 Spinal osteochondrosis › M42.0

M42.0

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M42.00 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified
  • M42.01 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M42.02 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervical region
  • M42.03 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region
  • M42.04 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracic region
  • M42.05 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracolumbar region
  • M42.06 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbar region
  • M42.07 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbosacral region
  • M42.08 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
  • M42.09 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, multiple sites in spine

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 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M42.1 Adult osteochondrosis of spine Not billable
M42.9 Spinal osteochondrosis, unspecified Valid