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Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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Spinal osteochondrosis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.00
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.00
Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- M42.00 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 M42.00 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M42.00 - other international versions of ICD-10 M42.00 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M42.00 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
M42.00:
- Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
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.
ICD-10-CM M42.00 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 456 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with mcc
- 457 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions with cc
- 458 Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive fusions without cc/mcc
- 553 Bone diseases and arthropathies with mcc
- 554 Bone diseases and arthropathies without mcc
Convert M42.00 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M42.00
M41.83 …… cervicothoracic region
M41.85 …… thoracolumbar region
M41.9 Scoliosis, unspecified
M42 Spinal osteochondrosis
M42.0 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
M42.00
…… site unspecified
M42.01 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region
M42.03 …… cervicothoracic region
M42.05 …… thoracolumbar region
M42.08 …… sacral and sacrococcygeal region
M42.09 …… multiple sites in spine
M42.1 Adult osteochondrosis of spine
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
