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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M41.1

Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

ICD-10-CM Code:
M41.1
ICD-10 Code for:
Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
    (M00–M99)
    • Deforming dorsopathies
      (M40-M43)
      • Scoliosis
        (M41)

M41.1 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Non-specific codes like M41.1 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis:

  • M41.11 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.112 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.113 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.114 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.115 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.116 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.117 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.119 for Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • M41.12 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.122 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervical region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.123 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.124 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.125 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.126 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.127 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral region - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use M41.129 for Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information

  • Scoliosis

    an appreciable lateral deviation in the normally straight vertical line of the spine. (dorland, 27th ed)

Patient Education


Scoliosis

Scoliosis causes a sideways curve of your backbone, or spine. These curves are often S- or C-shaped. Scoliosis is most common in late childhood and the early teens, when children grow fast. Girls are more likely to have it than boys. It can run in families. Symptoms include leaning to one side and having uneven shoulders and hips. Sometimes it is easy to notice, but not always.

Children may get screening for scoliosis at school or during a checkup. If it looks like there is a problem, your doctor will use your medical and family history, a physical exam, and imaging tests to make a diagnosis. Treatment depends on your age, how much more you're likely to grow, how much curving there is, and whether the curve is temporary or permanent. People with mild scoliosis might only need checkups to see if the curve is getting worse. Others might need to wear a brace or have surgery.

NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases


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Scoliosis in Children and Teens

Scoliosis is a sideways curve of the spine. Children and teens with scoliosis have an abnormal S-shaped or C-shaped curve of the spine.
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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.