Schmorl's nodes, thoracolumbar 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 Schmorl's nodes, thoracolumbar 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.

Disease, diseased > Schmorl's
Schmorl's disease or nodes > thoracolumbar region

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M51.44	Schmorl's nodes, thoracic region	Valid
M51.46	Schmorl's nodes, lumbar region	Valid
M51.47	Schmorl's nodes, lumbosacral region	Valid