ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M50-M54 › M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and... › M51.A
M51.A
Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- M51.A0 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
- M51.A1 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region
- M51.A2 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region
- M51.A3 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size
- M51.A4 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region
- M51.A5 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
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-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M51.0 | Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy | Not billable |
| M51.1 | Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy | Not billable |
| M51.2 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement | Not billable |
| M51.3 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration | Not billable |
| M51.4 | Schmorl's nodes | Not billable |
| M51.8 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders | Not billable |
| M51.9 | Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder | Valid |