M43.8X — Other specified deforming dorsopathies
Is M43.8X billable?
No — M43.8X is a non-billable header code. M43.8X groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 9 billable codes beneath M43.8X.
Billable codes under this header
- M43.8X1Other specified deforming dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M43.8X2Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervical region
- M43.8X3Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region
- M43.8X4Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracic region
- M43.8X5Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
- M43.8X6Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar region
- M43.8X7Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
- M43.8X8Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M43.8X9Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified
M43.8X at a glance
| Code | M43.8X |
|---|---|
| Description | Other specified deforming dorsopathies |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is M43.8X listed in the Alphabetic Index?
The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under M43.8, the nearest indexed parent of M43.8X. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.
- Angulation › sacrum
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M43
The conditions below can never be reported together with M43.8X on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)
- hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)
- Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)
- lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)
- platyspondylisis (Q76.4)
- spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)
- spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)
- spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M43.8X, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M43.8X and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M43.8
The conditions below are not part of M43.8X, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M43.8X and the excluded code may both be reported.
What codes fall under M43.8X? (9)
- M43.8X1Other specified deforming dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M43.8X2Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervical region
- M43.8X3Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region
- M43.8X4Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracic region
- M43.8X5Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
- M43.8X6Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar region
- M43.8X7Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
- M43.8X8Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M43.8X9Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified
How long has M43.8X existed?
M43.8X has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.