M43.9
M43.9: Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
M43.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for deforming dorsopathy, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check M43.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Curvature of spine NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M43.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on M43: Other deforming dorsopathies
- congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
- hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
- Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)
- lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
- platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
- spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)
- spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
- spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
M43.9 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 7 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58883Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dorsopathy›deforming
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.