kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

M40.3

Flatback syndrome

Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
      • M40 Kyphosis and lordosis
        • M40.3 Flatback syndrome
          • M40.30 Flatback syndrome, site unspecified
          • M40.35 Flatback syndrome, thoracolumbar region
          • M40.36 Flatback syndrome, lumbar region
          • M40.37 Flatback syndrome, lumbosacral region

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Code First

M40

  • underlying disease

Excludes 1

M40

  • congenital kyphosis and lordosis (Q76.4)
    • Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
  • kyphoscoliosis (M41.-)
    • M41 Scoliosis
  • postprocedural kyphosis and lordosis (M96.-)
    • M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)