ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies
M42- Spinal osteochondrosis
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.0

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.0

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

M42.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM M42.0 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M42.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 M42.0 may differ.

Applicable To

Calvé's disease
Scheuermann's disease

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as M42.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

postural kyphosis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M40.0
Postural kyphosis
Type 1 Excludes
- osteochondrosis of spine (M42.-)
M40.0
)

The following code(s) above M42.0 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

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

that may be applicable to M42.0:

M00-M99
2020 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

Clinical Information

A disorder characterized by osteochondrosis of the vertebral epiphyses in childhood.
A type of juvenile osteochondrosis affecting the fibrocartilaginous disc (intervertebral disc) in the thoracic or thoracolumbar region of the spine. It is characterized by a forward concave spinal curvature or kyphosis.

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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M42.0

M41.8 Other forms of scoliosis

M41.80 …… site unspecified

M41.82 …… cervical region

M41.83 …… cervicothoracic region

M41.84 …… thoracic region

M41.85 …… thoracolumbar region

M41.86 …… lumbar region

M41.87 …… lumbosacral region

M41.9 Scoliosis, unspecified

M42 Spinal osteochondrosis

M42.0 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

M42.00 …… site unspecified

M42.01 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M42.02 …… cervical region

M42.03 …… cervicothoracic region

M42.04 …… thoracic region

M42.05 …… thoracolumbar region

M42.06 …… lumbar region

M42.07 …… lumbosacral region

M42.08 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region

M42.09 …… multiple sites in spine

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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.0

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

Postural kyphosis

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue