M50.1
M50.1: Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M50.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- brachial radiculitis NOS (M54.13)
Other codes that can never be billed with M50.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G55Nerve root and plexus compressions 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
- S13.0XXSTraumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc, sequela
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 M50.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.