M41.5
M41.5 — Other secondary scoliosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M41.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other secondary scoliosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
- underlying disease
Risk adjustment
M41.5 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 M41.5
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- M41.50Other secondary scoliosis, site unspecified
- M41.52Other secondary scoliosis, cervical region
- M41.53Other secondary scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
- M41.54Other secondary scoliosis, thoracic region
- M41.55Other secondary scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
- M41.56Other secondary scoliosis, lumbar region
- M41.57Other secondary scoliosis, lumbosacral region
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M41. If M41.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M41.5
- Is M41.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M41.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M41.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43).