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M43.5

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Other recurrent vertebral dislocation

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

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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Cannot be coded with M43.5

  • • biomechanical lesions NEC (M99.-)

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inherited from M43

Rules from parent category M43: Other deforming dorsopathies

  • • 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.-)

Child Codes (1)

M43.5XOther recurrent vertebral dislocation

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Code Information

CodeM43.5
BillableNo — Header code
ParentM43
CategoryDiseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Excludes19 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes1

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Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)