M43.8X9

Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified

Billable / specific

M43.8X9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

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

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2) (from M43)
hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4) (from M43)
Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1) (from M43)
lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4) (from M43)
platyspondylisis (Q76.4) (from M43)
spina bifida occulta (Q76.0) (from M43)
spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-) (from M43)
spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-) (from M43)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

kyphosis and lordosis (M40.-) (from M43.8)
scoliosis (M41.-) (from M43.8)
arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M43)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M43)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M43)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M43)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M43)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M43)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M43)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M43)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M43)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M43)

M43.8X1Other specified deforming dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
M43.8X2Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervical regionBillable
M43.8X3Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable
M43.8X4Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracic regionBillable
M43.8X5Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable
M43.8X6Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar regionBillable
M43.8X7Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable
M43.8X8Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable