ICD-10-CM Codes
M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M50-M54 Other dorsopathies
M50- Cervical disc disorders
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.1

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.1

Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

M50.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M50.1 became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M50.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 M50.1 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (M50.1) and the excluded code together.

brachial radiculitis NOS (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.13
Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
M54.13
)

The following code(s) above M50.1 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to M50.1:

M00-M99
2022 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M50-M54
2022 ICD-10-CM Range M50-M54
Other dorsopathies
Type 1 Excludes
- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
Other dorsopathies
M50
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50
Cervical disc disorders
Includes
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Note
- code to the most superior level of disorder
Cervical disc disorders

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to M50.1:

Type 1 Excludes: G55
, M54.1

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G55
Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- neoplasm (C00-D49)
Type 1 Excludes
- nerve root compression (due to) (in) ankylosing spondylitis (M45.-)
- nerve root compression (due to) (in) dorsopathies (M53.-, M54.-)
- nerve root compression (due to) (in) intervertebral disc disorders (M50.1.-, M51.1.-)
- nerve root compression (due to) (in) spondylopathies (M46.-, M48.-)
- nerve root compression (due to) (in) spondylosis (M47.0-, M47.2.-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.1
Radiculopathy
Applicable To
- Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS
- Lumbar neuritis or radiculitis NOS
- Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis NOS
- Thoracic neuritis or radiculitis NOS
- Radiculitis NOS
Type 1 Excludes
- neuralgia and neuritis NOS (M79.2)
- radiculopathy with cervical disc disorder (M50.1)
- radiculopathy with lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)
- radiculopathy with spondylosis (M47.2-)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M50.1

M50 Cervical disc disorders

M50.0 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy

M50.00 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.01 …… high cervical region

M50.02 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region

M50.020 …… unspecified level

M50.021 Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy

M50.022 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy

M50.023 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy

M50.03 …… cervicothoracic region

M50.1 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy

M50.10 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.11 …… high cervical region

M50.12 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region

M50.120 Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level

M50.121 Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy

M50.122 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy

M50.123 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy

M50.13 …… cervicothoracic region

M50.2 Other cervical disc displacement

M50.20 …… unspecified cervical region

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.1

Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy

Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Other dorsopathies

Cervical disc disorders

Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere

Radiculopathy