Code
Hierarchy
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M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
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M43 Other deforming dorsopathies
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M43.8 Other specified deforming dorsopathies
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M43.8X Other specified deforming dorsopathies
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M43.8X1 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
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M43.8X2 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervical region
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M43.8X3 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region
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M43.8X4 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracic region
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M43.8X5 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
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M43.8X6 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar region
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M43.8X7 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
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M43.8X8 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
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M43.8X9 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified
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Notes
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Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes 1
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congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
- Q76.2 Congenital spondylolisthesis
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hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
- Q76.1 Klippel-Feil syndrome
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lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
- Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
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platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
- Q76.4 Other congenital malformations of spine, not associated with scoliosis
- Q76.0 Spina bifida occulta
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spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
- M80 Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture
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spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
- M88 Osteitis deformans [Paget's disease of bone]
Excludes 2
- L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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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)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)