M50
M50: Cervical disc disorders
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cervical disc disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Other codes that can never be billed with M50
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G54Nerve root and plexus disorders
- G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
- G99.2Myelopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- M54.1Radiculopathy
- M54.2Cervicalgia
- S13.0Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc
- S13.0XXATraumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc, initial encounter
- S13.0XXDTraumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc, subsequent encounter
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M50
6 child codes. Green means billable.