M43Other deforming dorsopathies
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
- hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
- Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)
- lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
- platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
- spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)
- spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
- spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
Subcategories (9)
- M43.0 Spondylolysis
- M43.1 Spondylolisthesis
- M43.2 Fusion of spine
- M43.3 Recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation with myelopathy
- M43.4 Other recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation
- M43.5 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation
- M43.6 Torticollis
- M43.8 Other specified deforming dorsopathies
- M43.9 Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified