Chapter 13 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)»Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)»Lordosis, unspecified (M40.5)

M40.5

Lordosis, unspecified

Sub-codes (4)

M40.50 Lordosis, unspecified, site unspecified
M40.55 Lordosis, unspecified, thoracolumbar region
M40.56 Lordosis, unspecified, lumbar region
M40.57 Lordosis, unspecified, lumbosacral region

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Lordosis1 drug (1 approved)

The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).