Diagnosis Code: 737.43

Short Description: Scoliosis in oth dis

Long Description: Scoliosis associated with other conditions

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
  • Osteopathies, chondropathies, and acquired musculoskeletal deformities (730-739)
    • 737 Curvature of spine
      • 737.43 Scoliosis in oth dis

This code is valid for manifestations not allowed as principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis
• Restrictive lung disease due to kyphoscoliosis
• Scoliosis in neurofibromatosis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 737.43 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Curvature
  • Pott's (spinal) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]
  • spine (acquired) (angular) (idiopathic) (incorrect) (postural) 737.9
    • due to or associated with
      • tuberculosis (Pott's curvature) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Pott's (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
    • spinal curvature 015.0 [737.43]

• Kyphoscoliosis, kyphoscoliotic (acquired) (see also Scoliosis) 737.30
  • late effect of rickets 268.1 [737.43]
  • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]

• Pott's
  • curvature (spinal) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]
  • spinal curvature (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]

• Scoliosis (acquired) (postural) 737.30
  • due to or associated with
    • Charc�t-Marie-Tooth disease 356.1 [737.43]
    • mucopolysaccharidosis 277.5 [737.43]
    • neurofibromatosis 237.71 [737.43]
    • osteitis
      • deformans 731.0 [737.43]
      • fibrosa cystica 252.01 [737.43]
    • osteoporosis (see also Osteoporosis) 733.00 [737.43]
    • poliomyelitis 138 [737.43]
    • tuberculosis (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]
  • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [737.43]

• Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
  • kyphoscoliosis 015.0 [737.43]
  • scoliosis 015.0 [737.43]

Crosswalk Information

The code 737.43 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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