Adult osteochondrosis of spine

Adult osteochondrosis of the spine with no specific spinal region documented — a degeneration of vertebral bone and cartilage in an adult patient where the affected spinal level has not been identified in the clinical record.

Adult osteochondrosis of the spine localized to the occipito-atlanto-axial region — the articulations between the occiput, atlas (C1), and axis (C2) — in a skeletally mature patient.

Degenerative condition of the intervertebral discs and vertebral endplates in the cervical spine occurring in skeletally mature adults, classified under spinal osteochondrosis.

Osteochondrosis of the vertebral ossification centers occurring at the cervicothoracic junction (C7-T1 region) in a skeletally mature adult patient.

M42.14 identifies adult osteochondrosis of the spine localized to the thoracic region — degenerative changes in the vertebral body endplates and intervertebral discs, including conditions such as Scheuermann-type deformity in adults and Kümmell disease.

Adult osteochondrosis of the spine localized to the thoracolumbar region — the transitional zone where the thoracic spine meets the lumbar spine, roughly T10–L2.

M42.16 captures adult osteochondrosis of the spine localized to the lumbar region — degenerative changes affecting the vertebral body endplates and intervertebral disc interface in adults aged 15 and older.

M42.17 identifies degenerative osteochondrosis of the intervertebral disc at the lumbosacral junction (L5-S1 level) occurring in adult patients, characterized by disc desiccation, end-plate changes, and loss of disc height at the L5-S1 motion segment.

Adult osteochondrosis of the spine localized to the sacral and sacrococcygeal region — degenerative bone and cartilage changes at the sacrum and coccyx in a skeletally mature patient.

Degenerative changes affecting bone and cartilage at multiple levels of the adult spine, classified under spinal osteochondrosis.