ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies
M42- Spinal osteochondrosis
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.03

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.03

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region

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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

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 M42.03:

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
M42.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M42.0
Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
Applicable To
- Calvé's disease
- Scheuermann's disease
Type 1 Excludes
- postural kyphosis (M40.0)
Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M42.03:

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

M41.84 …… 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

M42.1 Adult osteochondrosis of spine

M42.10 …… site unspecified

M42.11 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region

M42.12 …… cervical 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 M42.03

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

Juvenile osteochondrosis, unspecified

Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified