ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54

M41 Scoliosis

82 codes under M41 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 73 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
CodeDescriptionUseBenefits
M41ScoliosisHeading only—
M41.0Infantile Idiopathic scoliosisHeading only—
M41.00Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.01Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.02Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.03Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.04Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.05Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.06Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.07Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.08Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.09Infantile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.1Juvenile Idiopathic scoliosisHeading only—
M41.10Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.11Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.12Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.13Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.14Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.15Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.16Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.17Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.18Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.19Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.2Other Idiopathic scoliosisHeading only—
M41.20Other idiopathic scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.21Other idiopathic scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.22Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.23Other idiopathic scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.24Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.25Other idiopathic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.26Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.27Other idiopathic scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.28Other idiopathic scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.29Other idiopathic scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.3Thoracogenic scoliosisHeading only—
M41.30Thoracogenic scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.34Thoracogenic scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.35Thoracogenic scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.4Neuromuscular scoliosisHeading only—
M41.40Neuromuscular scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.41Neuromuscular scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.42Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.43Neuromuscular scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.44Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.45Neuromuscular scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.46Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.47Neuromuscular scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.48Neuromuscular scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.49Neuromuscular scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.5Other secondary scoliosisHeading only—
M41.50Other secondary scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.51Other secondary scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.52Other secondary scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.53Other secondary scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.54Other secondary scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.55Other secondary scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.56Other secondary scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.57Other secondary scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.58Other secondary scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.59Other secondary scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.8Other forms of scoliosisHeading only—
M41.80Other forms of scoliosis, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.81Other forms of scoliosis, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.82Other forms of scoliosis, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.83Other forms of scoliosis, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.84Other forms of scoliosis, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.85Other forms of scoliosis, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.86Other forms of scoliosis, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.87Other forms of scoliosis, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.88Other forms of scoliosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.89Other forms of scoliosis, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—
M41.9Scoliosis, unspecifiedHeading only—
M41.90Scoliosis, unspecified, multiple sites in spineValid · may be primary—
M41.91Scoliosis, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial regionValid · may be primary—
M41.92Scoliosis, unspecified, cervical regionValid · may be primary—
M41.93Scoliosis, unspecified, cervicothoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.94Scoliosis, unspecified, thoracic regionValid · may be primary—
M41.95Scoliosis, unspecified, thoracolumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.96Scoliosis, unspecified, lumbar regionValid · may be primary—
M41.97Scoliosis, unspecified, lumbosacral regionValid · may be primary—
M41.98Scoliosis, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionValid · may be primary—
M41.99Scoliosis, unspecified, site unspecifiedValid · may be primary—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.
This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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