ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M50-M54 › M51.3 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and... › M51.36
Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar 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.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- M51.360 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only
- M51.361 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only
- M51.362 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain
- M51.369 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain
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 intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region
- FY2025 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 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.
- Disease, diseased > disc, degenerative
- Degeneration, degenerative > disc disease
- Destruction, destructive > vertebral disc
- Degeneration, degenerative > intervertebral disc > lumbar region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M51.34 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracic region | Valid |
| M51.35 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracolumbar region | Valid |
| M51.37 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region | Not billable |