M42: Spinal osteochondrosis

Codes under M42 (Spinal osteochondrosis). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
M42.0	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine	—
M42.00	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified	✓
M42.01	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region	✓
M42.1	Adult osteochondrosis of spine	—
M42.02	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervical region	✓
M42.03	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region	✓
M42.04	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracic region	✓
M42.05	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, thoracolumbar region	✓
M42.06	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbar region	✓
M42.07	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, lumbosacral region	✓
M42.08	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	✓
M42.09	Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine, multiple sites in spine	✓
M42.9	Spinal osteochondrosis, unspecified	✓
M42.10	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, site unspecified	✓
M42.11	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region	✓
M42.12	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, cervical region	✓
M42.13	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, cervicothoracic region	✓
M42.14	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, thoracic region	✓
M42.15	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, thoracolumbar region	✓
M42.16	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, lumbar region	✓
M42.17	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, lumbosacral region	✓
M42.18	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	✓
M42.19	Adult osteochondrosis of spine, multiple sites in spine	✓

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