ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M96 › M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural... › M96.5
Postradiation scoliosis
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Postradiation 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 M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2 - not included here
- arthropathy following intestinal bypass (M02.0-)
- complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T84.-)
- disorders associated with osteoporosis (M80)
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint (M97.-)
- presence of functional implants and other devices (Z96-Z97)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Kyphoscoliosis, kyphoscoliotic
- Complication > surgical procedure > musculoskeletal
- Breakdown > device, graft or implant > orthopedic NEC
- Malposition > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Leak, leakage > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Protrusion, protrusio > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Displacement, displaced > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Perforation, perforated > by > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > device, implant or graft > orthopedic NEC
- Scoliosis > postradiation therapy
- Complication > radiation > scoliosis
- Complication > musculoskeletal system > post radiation > scoliosis
- Complication > orthopedic > postprocedural > postradiation > scoliosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M96.0 | Pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis | Valid |
| M96.1 | Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| M96.2 | Postradiation kyphosis | Valid |
| M96.3 | Postlaminectomy kyphosis | Valid |
| M96.4 | Postsurgical lordosis | Valid |
| M96.6 | Fracture of bone following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis, or bone plate | Not billable |
| M96.8 | Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M96.A | Fracture of ribs, sternum and thorax associated with compression of the chest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Not billable |