M41.0
Header — not billableInfantile idiopathic scoliosis
The ICD-10 code for infantile idiopathic scoliosis is M41.0.
M41.0 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.
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M41.0
- M41.00Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified
- M41.02Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region
- M41.03Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region
- M41.04Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region
- M41.05Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region
- M41.06Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region
- M41.07Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region
- M41.08Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Related codes in this category
- 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
- M41.0Infantile idiopathic scoliosisnon-billable header