All ICD10 Codes

M50

Non-Billable
ChapterM00–M99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Cervical disc disorders

Use a more specific code (0 billable, 6 non-billable)
M50.0Cervical disc disorder with myelopathyhas subcodesM50.1Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathyhas subcodesM50.2Other cervical disc displacementhas subcodesM50.3Other cervical disc degenerationhas subcodesM50.8Other cervical disc disordershas subcodesM50.9Cervical disc disorder, unspecifiedhas subcodes
Metadata & Insights
  • •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. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)

M50-M54 Parent Instructions

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

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
  • cervicothoracic disc disorders

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
M50-M54Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
M50Cervical disc disordersNot billable
M50.0Cervical disc disorder with myelopathySubcodes
M50.1Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathySubcodes
M50.2Other cervical disc displacementSubcodes
M50.3Other cervical disc degenerationSubcodes
M50.8Other cervical disc disordersSubcodes
M50.9Cervical disc disorder, unspecifiedSubcodes

Applicable Ancestor Context

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

blockM50-M54
Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
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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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