Other cervical disc disorders, 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:

M50.820 Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
M50.821 Other cervical disc disorders at C4-C5 level
M50.822 Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level
M50.823 Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region
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

Code	Description	Status
M50.80	Other cervical disc disorders, unspecified cervical region	Valid
M50.81	Other cervical disc disorders, high cervical region	Valid
M50.83	Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region	Valid