ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M50-M54 › M51.A Other lumbar and lumbosacral... › M51.A0
M51.A0
Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
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 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
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.
- Defect, defective > intervertebral annular fibrosis > lumbar
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M51.A1 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region | Valid |
| M51.A2 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region | Valid |
| M51.A3 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size | Valid |
| M51.A4 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region | Valid |
| M51.A5 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region | Valid |