M51.3

M51.3: Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M51.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M51.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M51: Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)

Other codes that can never be billed with M51.3

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

M54.3Sciatica
M54.4Lumbago with sciatica
M54.5Low back pain
M54.6Pain in thoracic spine
S23.0Traumatic rupture of thoracic intervertebral disc
S23.0XXATraumatic rupture of thoracic intervertebral disc, initial encounter
S23.0XXDTraumatic rupture of thoracic intervertebral disc, subsequent encounter
S23.0XXSTraumatic rupture of thoracic 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 M51.3

4 child codes. Green means billable.