M43.9 Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Curvature of spine NOS

Applies from M43 Other deforming dorsopathies

Excludes1 (never code together)

• 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.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 456-458 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 737.8 Other curvatures of spine (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M43.9

Back-references to M43

• Type 2 Excludes: M95 Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue ("deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M43.9

• Dorsopathy › deforming

Nearby codes

• M43.8X5 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
• M43.8X6 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar region
• M43.8X7 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
• M43.8X8 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
• M43.8X9 Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified
• M43.9 Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified (this code)