M42
M42: Spinal osteochondrosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spinal osteochondrosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M42
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- M40.0Postural kyphosis
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 M42
3 child codes. Green means billable.