M43
Other deforming dorsopathies
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with M43
- Q76.2 - congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
- Q76.3-Q764 - hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
- Q76.1 - Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)
- Q76.4 - lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
- Q76.4 - platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
- Q76.0 - spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)
- spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
- spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
Specific Codes (9)
M43.0Category
Spondylolysis
M43.1Category
Spondylolisthesis
M43.2Category
Fusion of spine
M43.3Billable
Recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation with myelopathy
M43.4Billable
Other recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation
M43.5Category
Other recurrent vertebral dislocation
M43.6Billable
Torticollis
M43.8Category
Other specified deforming dorsopathies
M43.9Billable
Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified
