Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region

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 M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

Excludes2 - not included here

cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)

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.

Herniation
Sarcoepiplocele
Sequestration > disc
Rupture, ruptured > disc
Prolapse, prolapsed > disc
Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
Hernia, hernial > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > obstructive
Herniation > nucleus pulposus
Disease, diseased > discogenic
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
Hernia, hernial > strangulated
Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
Complex > jumped process, spine
Dislocation > thorax > vertebra
Extrusion > intervertebral disc
Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
Falling, falls > any organ or part
Hernia, hernial > nucleus pulposus
Disease, diseased > nucleus pulposus
Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
Dislocation > vertebra > nontraumatic
Hernia, hernial > cartilage, vertebra
Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
Disease, diseased > disc, degenerative
Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
Disease, diseased > intervertebral disc
Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
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

Showing 40 of 69 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M51.04	Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracic region	Valid
M51.05	Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region	Valid