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M41.122 - Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region
ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43) · Subcategory of M41.12 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
IncludesFrom M41
Conditions this code covers.
- kyphoscoliosis
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M41
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)
- congenital scoliosis due to bony malformation (Q76.3)
- postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)
- kyphoscoliotic heart disease (I27.1)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M41
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- postprocedural scoliosis (M96.89)
- postradiation scoliosis (M96.5)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
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Chapter Information
Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Range: M00-M99
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Codes at the same level as M41.122
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionM41.123
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic regionM41.124
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionM41.125
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar regionM41.126
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral regionM41.127
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecifiedM41.129