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M50.12

Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • M50.120 Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level
  • M50.121 Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy
  • M50.122 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy
  • M50.123 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region
  2. FY2017 Stopped being billable

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M50 Cervical disc disorders

Includes

  • cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
  • cervicothoracic disc disorders

Inherited from the M50-M54 section Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M50.10 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, unspecified cervical region Valid
M50.11 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region Valid
M50.13 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region Valid