Chapter 13 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)»Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)»Unspecified kyphosis (M40.20)

M40.20

Unspecified kyphosis

Sub-codes (5)

M40.202 Unspecified kyphosis, cervical region
M40.203 Unspecified kyphosis, cervicothoracic region
M40.204 Unspecified kyphosis, thoracic region
M40.205 Unspecified kyphosis, thoracolumbar region
M40.209 Unspecified kyphosis, site unspecified

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Kyphosis2 drugs (2 approved)

Deformities of the SPINE characterized by an exaggerated convexity of the vertebral column. The forward bending of the thoracic region usually is more than 40 degrees. This deformity sometimes is called round back or hunchback.