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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.21

Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region

2016

2017

2018

2019 - Revised Code

2020

Billable/Specific Code

M50.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM M50.21 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M50.21 - other international versions of ICD-10 M50.21 may differ.

Applicable To

Other C2-C3 cervical disc displacement
Other C3-C4 cervical disc displacement

The following code(s) above M50.21 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 M50.21:

M00-M99
2020 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
2020 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

ICD-10-CM M50.21 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

551 Medical back problems with mcc
552 Medical back problems without mcc

Convert M50.21 to ICD-9-CM

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): Revised code
- New description: Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region
- 2018 description: Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M50.21:

Disorder (of) - see also Disease
- disc (intervertebral) M51.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M51.9
  Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - cervical M50.90
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.90
    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
    - displacement M50.20
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.20
      Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region
      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
      - C2-C3 M50.21
      - C3-C4 M50.21
      - high cervical region M50.21

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M50.21

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

M50.21 …… high cervical region

M50.22 Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region

M50.220 …… unspecified level

M50.221 Other cervical disc displacement at C4-C5 level

M50.222 Other cervical disc displacement at C5-C6 level

M50.223 Other cervical disc displacement at C6-C7 level

M50.23 …… cervicothoracic region

M50.3 Other cervical disc degeneration

M50.30 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.31 …… high cervical region

M50.32 Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region

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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.21

Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Other dorsopathies

Cervical disc disorders

Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder

Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region

Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region