M41
Header — not billableScoliosis
The ICD-10 code for scoliosis is M41.
M41 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- kyphoscoliosis
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M41
- M41.0Infantile idiopathic scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.1Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.2Other idiopathic scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.3Thoracogenic scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.4Neuromuscular scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.5Other secondary scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.8Other forms of scoliosisnon-billable header
- M41.9Scoliosis, unspecified