M41.4
M41.4 — Neuromuscular scoliosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M41.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for neuromuscular scoliosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- underlying condition
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy, Friedreich's ataxia, poliomyelitis and other neuromuscular disorders
Risk adjustment
M41.4 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M41.4
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- M41.40Neuromuscular scoliosis, site unspecified
- M41.41Neuromuscular scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M41.42Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervical region
- M41.43Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
- M41.44Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracic region
- M41.45Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
- M41.46Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbar region
- M41.47Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbosacral region
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M41. If M41.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M41.4
- Is M41.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M41.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M41.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43).