M41 Scoliosis

Category / Non-billable header 64 subcodes

Block: Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)

Includes

  • kyphoscoliosis

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)
  • congenital scoliosis due to bony malformation (Q76.3)
  • postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)
  • kyphoscoliotic heart disease (I27.1)

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • postprocedural scoliosis (M96.89)
  • postradiation scoliosis (M96.5)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
M41..0 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis No
M41..00 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..02 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..03 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..04 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..05 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..06 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..07 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..08 Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region Yes
M41..1 Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis No
M41..11 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis No
M41..112 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..113 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..114 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..115 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..116 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..117 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..119 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..12 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis No
M41..122 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..123 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..124 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..125 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..126 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..127 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..129 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..2 Other idiopathic scoliosis No
M41..20 Other idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..22 Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..23 Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..24 Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..25 Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..26 Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..27 Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..3 Thoracogenic scoliosis No
M41..30 Thoracogenic scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..34 Thoracogenic scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..35 Thoracogenic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..4 Neuromuscular scoliosis No
M41..40 Neuromuscular scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..41 Neuromuscular scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region Yes
M41..42 Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..43 Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..44 Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..45 Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..46 Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..47 Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..5 Other secondary scoliosis No
M41..50 Other secondary scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..52 Other secondary scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..53 Other secondary scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..54 Other secondary scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..55 Other secondary scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..56 Other secondary scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..57 Other secondary scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..8 Other forms of scoliosis No
M41..80 Other forms of scoliosis, site unspecified Yes
M41..82 Other forms of scoliosis, cervical region Yes
M41..83 Other forms of scoliosis, cervicothoracic region Yes
M41..84 Other forms of scoliosis, thoracic region Yes
M41..85 Other forms of scoliosis, thoracolumbar region Yes
M41..86 Other forms of scoliosis, lumbar region Yes
M41..87 Other forms of scoliosis, lumbosacral region Yes
M41..9 Scoliosis, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026