M42

Non-Billable

ChapterM00–M99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Spinal osteochondrosis

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

CH13 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

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)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

M40-M43Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)

M42Spinal osteochondrosis

M42.0Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine

M42.1Adult osteochondrosis of spine

M42.9Spinal osteochondrosis, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M42:

chapterCH13

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to M42. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

21 raw paths

Osteochondrosis21 unique routes

juvenile, juvenilis(10 variants)

spine→M42(10 variants)

cervical region→M42

cervicothoracic region→M42

lumbar region→M42

lumbosacral region→M42

multiple sites→M42

occipito-atlanto-axial region→M42

sacrococcygeal region→M42

thoracic region→M42