Other cervical disc degeneration

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

M50.30 Other cervical disc degeneration, unspecified cervical region
M50.31 Other cervical disc degeneration, high cervical region
M50.32 Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region (also a header)
M50.33 Other cervical disc degeneration, cervicothoracic region

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other cervical disc degeneration

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

Code	Description	Status
M50.0	Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy	Not billable
M50.1	Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy	Not billable
M50.2	Other cervical disc displacement	Not billable
M50.8	Other cervical disc disorders	Not billable
M50.9	Cervical disc disorder, unspecified	Not billable