M51.A

M51.A: Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M51.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M51.A

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.A

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

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
S33Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of lumbar spine and pelvis
S33.0Traumatic rupture of lumbar intervertebral disc
S33.0XXATraumatic rupture of lumbar intervertebral disc, initial 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 M51.A

6 child codes. Green means billable.