Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Congenital postural scoliosis
Congenital scoliosis NOS
Excludes1 (never code together)
infantile idiopathic scoliosis (M41.0)
scoliosis due to congenital bony malformation (Q76.3)
Applies from Q67 Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head, face, spine and chest
Excludes1 (never code together)
congenital malformation syndromes classified to Q87.-
Potter's syndrome (Q60.6)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 456-458 in MDC 08.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
754.2 Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to Q67.5
Back-references to Q67.5
Type 1 Excludes: M41 Scoliosis ("congenital scoliosis NOS (Q67.5)")
Type 1 Excludes: M41 Scoliosis ("postural congenital scoliosis (Q67.5)")
Type 1 Excludes: Q76 Congenital malformations of spine and bony thorax ("congenital musculoskeletal deformities of spine and chest (Q67.5-Q67.8)")
Back-references to Q67
Type 1 Excludes: M24.3 Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified ("congenital dislocation or displacement of joint- see congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)")
Type 2 Excludes: M95 Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue ("congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)")