Alphabetic Index FY2027

M41.4

Neuromuscular scoliosis

FY2027Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue/M40–M43 Deforming dorsopathies

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

M41.4 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for neuromuscular scoliosis. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M41.40 Neuromuscular scoliosis, site unspecified; M41.41 Neuromuscular scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region; M41.42 Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervical region; M41.43 Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervicothoracic region and 4 more. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 4 Excludes1 entries and 12 Excludes2 entries.

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.

This code
  • underlying condition

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from M41 Scoliosis
  • congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)
  • congenital scoliosis due to bony malformation (Q76.3)
  • postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)
  • kyphoscoliotic heart disease (I27.1)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from M41 Scoliosis
  • postprocedural scoliosis (M96.89)
  • postradiation scoliosis (M96.5)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • 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)

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

Inherited from M41 Scoliosis
  • kyphoscoliosis

Inclusion terms

Conditions classified to this code.

This code
  • Scoliosis secondary to cerebral palsy, Friedreich's ataxia, poliomyelitis and other neuromuscular disorders

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More specific codes under M41.4 8