M40.5

M40.5: Lordosis, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M40.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for lordosis, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M40.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M40: Kyphosis and lordosis

congenital kyphosis and lordosis (Q76.4)
kyphoscoliosis (M41.-)
postprocedural kyphosis and lordosis (M96.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M40.5

4 child codes. Green means billable.

M40.50Lordosis, unspecified, site unspecified
M40.55Lordosis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region
M40.56Lordosis, unspecified, lumbar region
M40.57Lordosis, unspecified, lumbosacral region

Other codes under M40

M40.0Postural kyphosis
M40.1Other secondary kyphosis
M40.2Other and unspecified kyphosis
M40.3Flatback syndrome
M40.4Postural lordosis