ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M50-M54 › M51.37 Other intervertebral disc... › M51.379
M51.379
Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2025 to now.
- FY2025 Added to the code set Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain
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 > lumbosacral region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M51.370 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only | Valid |
| M51.371 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only | Valid |
| M51.372 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain | Valid |