M43Other deforming dorsopathies
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Primary diagnosis
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Specificity
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- Chapter XIII
- musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Group M40-M54
- Bệnh lý cột sống
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh lý biến dạng khác của cột sống
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- [See site code before M40] Excl.: 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- M81) Paget disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)
Related M43 codes
M43.0
Spondylolysis
M43.00
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, multiple sites in spine
M43.01
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, occipito-atlanto- axial region
M43.02
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, cervical region
M43.03
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, cervicothoracic region
M43.04
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, thoracic region
M43.05
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, thoracolumbar region
M43.06
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, lumbar region
M43.07
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, lumbosacral region
M43.08
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
M43.09
Primary diagnosis candidate
Spondylolysis, site unspecified
M43.1
Spondylolisthesis
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
