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ICD-10-CM Codes
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M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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M50-M54
Other dorsopathies
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Cervical disc disorders
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2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.21
Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region
2016 2017 2018 2019 - Revised Code Billable/Specific Code
- M50.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- ICD-10-CM M50.21 is a revised 2019 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2018.
- 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
2019 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissueNote- 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)
- M50-M54
2019 ICD-10-CM Range M50-M54
Other dorsopathiesType 1 Excludes- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
- M50
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50
Cervical disc disorders
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Note- code to the most superior level of disorder
- 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
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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
- 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 Billable/Specific Code
- cervical M50.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.90
Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region
2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code
- displacement M50.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.20
Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region
2016 2017 2018 2019 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
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
M50.221 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.
