M41.8
M41.8 — Other forms of scoliosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M41.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other forms of scoliosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M41.8 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 M41.8
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- M41.80Other forms of scoliosis, site unspecified
- M41.82Other forms of scoliosis, cervical region
- M41.83Other forms of scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
- M41.84Other forms of scoliosis, thoracic region
- M41.85Other forms of scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
- M41.86Other forms of scoliosis, lumbar region
- M41.87Other forms of scoliosis, lumbosacral region
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M41. If M41.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M41.8
- Is M41.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M41.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M41.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43).