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M50.9

M50.9: Cervical disc disorder, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M50.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cervical disc disorder, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with M50.9

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • 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 M50.9

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M50

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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