Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified
FY2020 Description revised ~~Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified~~ Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level

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-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Ischialgia
Pain > root
Radiculitis
Pain > sciatic
Cotugno disease
Pain > radicular
Neuritis > sciatic
Pain > spinal root
Neuritis > brachial
Sequestration > disc
Neuritis > nerve root
Neuritis > spinal root
Syndrome > radicular NEC
Prolapse, prolapsed > disc
Syndrome > cervical > disc
Disease, diseased > Cotugno
Herniation > nucleus pulposus
Disease, diseased > discogenic
Extrusion > intervertebral disc
Hernia, hernial > nucleus pulposus
Disease, diseased > nucleus pulposus
Dislocation > vertebra > nontraumatic
Hernia, hernial > cartilage, vertebra
Disease, diseased > disc, degenerative
Irritation > spinal > nerve > root NEC
Disease, diseased > intervertebral disc
Neuropathy, neuropathic > radicular NEC
Rupture, ruptured > intervertebral disc
Slipped, slipping > intervertebral disc
Protrusion, protrusio > nucleus pulposus
Degeneration, degenerative > disc disease
Destruction, destructive > vertebral disc
Prolapse, prolapsed > intervertebral disc
Protrusion, protrusio > intervertebral disc
Disease, diseased > vertebra, vertebral > disc
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > nerve NEC
Hernia, hernial > intervertebral cartilage or disc
Defect, defective > intervertebral annular fibrosis
Sciatica > due to displacement of intervertebral disc
Radiculopathy > due to > displacement of intervertebral disc

Showing 40 of 56 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M50.121	Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy	Valid
M50.122	Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy	Valid
M50.123	Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy	Valid