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ICD-10-CM Codes
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M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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M40-M43
Deforming dorsopathies
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M42-
Spinal osteochondrosis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.03
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.03
Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- M42.03 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 M42.03 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M42.03 - other international versions of ICD-10 M42.03 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M42.03 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
M42.03:
Approximate Synonyms
- Juvenile osteochondrosis of cervicothoracic spine
ICD-10-CM M42.03 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 553 Bone diseases and arthropathies with mcc
- 554 Bone diseases and arthropathies without mcc
Convert M42.03 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
- Osteochondrosis - see also Osteochondropathy, by site
- juvenile, juvenilis M92.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M92.9
Juvenile osteochondrosis, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Juvenile apophysitis NOS
- Juvenile epiphysitis NOS
- Juvenile osteochondritis NOS
- Juvenile osteochondrosis NOS
- spine M42.00
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.00
Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- cervicothoracic region M42.03
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M42.03
M41.85 …… thoracolumbar region
M41.9 Scoliosis, unspecified
M42 Spinal osteochondrosis
M42.0 Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
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
M42.11 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.