M50-M54

Non-Billable
ChapterM00–M99
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Official Description

Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

CH13 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
M50-M54Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
M50Cervical disc disorders
M51Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
M53Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
M54Dorsalgia

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M50-M54:

chapterCH13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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