DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

M42 Spinal osteochondrosis

  • Header · not billable

M42 is not billable. The category heads 21 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 3 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Osteochondrosisspine → M42.9
  • Osteochondrosisspineadult → M42.10
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspine → M42.00

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
  3. M42 Spinal osteochondrosis
Billable codes
21
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
21

Codes in M42

  1. M42.0
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
    Header
    Inclusion terms 2, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Calvé's disease
    • Scheuermann's disease

    Excludes1

    • postural kyphosis (M40.0) M40.0
  2. M42.00
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified
    Billable
  3. M42.01
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  4. M42.02
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervical region
    Billable
  5. M42.03
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  6. M42.04
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracic region
    Billable
  7. M42.05
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  8. M42.06
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbar region
    Billable
  9. M42.07
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  10. M42.08
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  11. M42.09
    Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, multiple sites in spine
    Billable
  12. M42.1
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine
    Header
  13. M42.10
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified
    Billable
  14. M42.11
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  15. M42.12
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, cervical region
    Billable
  16. M42.13
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  17. M42.14
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, thoracic region
    Billable
  18. M42.15
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  19. M42.16
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, lumbar region
    Billable
  20. M42.17
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  21. M42.18
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  22. M42.19
    Adult osteochondrosis of spine, multiple sites in spine
    Billable
  23. M42.9
    Spinal osteochondrosis, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Chapter 13 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 13 page.

Index entries

  • Osteochondrosisspine → M42.9
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspine → M42.00
  • Osteochondrosisspineadult → M42.10
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspineoccipito-atlanto-axial region → M42.01
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinecervical region → M42.02
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinecervicothoracic region → M42.03
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinethoracic region → M42.04
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinethoracolumbar region → M42.05
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinelumbar region → M42.06
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinelumbosacral region → M42.07
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinesacrococcygeal region → M42.08
  • Osteochondrosisjuvenile, juvenilisspinemultiple sites → M42.09
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultoccipito-atlanto-axial region → M42.11
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultcervical region → M42.12
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultcervicothoracic region → M42.13
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultthoracic region → M42.14
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultthoracolumbar region → M42.15
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultlumbar region → M42.16
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultlumbosacral region → M42.17
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultsacrococcygeal region → M42.18
  • Osteochondrosisspineadultmultiple sites → M42.19

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Hierarchy