ICD-10-CM Code for Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region M43.21

ICD-10 code M43.21 for Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .

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Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region

M43.2

Excludes1: ankylosing spondylitis (M45.0-)
congenital fusion of spine (Q76.4)

Excludes2: arthrodesis status (Z98.1)
pseudoarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis (M96.0)

M43

Excludes1: 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.-)

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