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M99.71

Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of cervical 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of cervical 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 M99 Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified

Note

  • This category should not be used if the condition can be classified elsewhere.

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M99.70 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of head region Valid
M99.72 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of thoracic region Valid
M99.73 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of lumbar region Valid
M99.74 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of sacral region Valid
M99.75 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of pelvic region Valid
M99.76 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of lower extremity Valid
M99.77 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of upper extremity Valid
M99.78 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of rib cage Valid
M99.79 Connective tissue and disc stenosis of intervertebral foramina of abdomen and other regions Valid