ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies
M41- Scoliosis
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.122

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.122

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region

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Billable/Specific Code

M41.122 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM M41.122 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M41.122 - other international versions of ICD-10 M41.122 may differ.

The following code(s) above M41.122 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to M41.122:

M00-M99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M41
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41
Scoliosis
Includes
- kyphoscoliosis
Type 1 Excludes
- congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)
- congenital scoliosis due to bony malformation (Q76.3)
- postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)
- kyphoscoliotic heart disease (I27.1)
- postprocedural scoliosis (M96.-)
Scoliosis

Approximate Synonyms

Adolescent idiopathic cervical scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis of cervical spine
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical (neck) spine

ICD-10-CM M41.122 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

551 Medical back problems with mcc
552 Medical back problems without mcc

Convert M41.122 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M41.122:

Scoliosis (acquired) (postural) M41.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.9
Scoliosis, unspecified
- idiopathic M41.20
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.20
  Other idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  - adolescent M41.129
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.129
    Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    - cervical region M41.122

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M41.122

M41.1 Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

M41.11 Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis

M41.112 …… cervical region

M41.113 …… cervicothoracic region

M41.114 …… thoracic region

M41.115 …… thoracolumbar region

M41.116 …… lumbar region

M41.117 …… lumbosacral region

M41.119 …… site unspecified

M41.12 Adolescent scoliosis

M41.122 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region

M41.123 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region

M41.124 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region

M41.125 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region

M41.126 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region

M41.127 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region

M41.129 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified

M41.2 Other idiopathic scoliosis

M41.20 …… site unspecified

M41.22 …… cervical region

M41.23 …… cervicothoracic region

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.122

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Scoliosis

Scoliosis, unspecified

Other idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified