FY2024
Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Neuromuscular scoliosis
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024underlying condition
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Neuromuscular scoliosis
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy, Friedreich's ataxia, poliomyelitis and other neuromuscular disorders
underlying condition
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
kyphoscoliosis
M41.40Neuromuscular scoliosis, site unspecifiedBillable / specificM41.41Neuromuscular scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable / specificM41.42Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervical regionBillable / specificM41.43Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionBillable / specificM41.44Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracic regionBillable / specificM41.45Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionBillable / specificM41.46Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbar regionBillable / specificM41.47Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbosacral regionBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M41.0 | Infantile idiopathic scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.1 | Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.2 | Other idiopathic scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.3 | Thoracogenic scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.5 | Other secondary scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.8 | Other forms of scoliosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M41.9 | Scoliosis, unspecified | Billable / specific |
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