Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Infantile idiopathic scoliosis
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CDC/NCHS · FY2024For 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
Infantile idiopathic scoliosis
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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 |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
kyphoscoliosis
M41.00Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecifiedBillable / specificM41.02Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical regionBillable / specificM41.03Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionBillable / specificM41.04Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic regionBillable / specificM41.05Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionBillable / specificM41.06Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar regionBillable / specificM41.07Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral regionBillable / specificM41.08Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | 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 |
| M41.4 | Neuromuscular 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 |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · infantile idiopathic scoliosis (M41.0)