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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.322
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.322
Other cervical disc degeneration at C5-C6 level
2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- M50.322 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M50.322 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M50.322 - other international versions of ICD-10 M50.322 may differ.
Applicable To- Other C5-C6 cervical disc degeneration
The following code(s) above
M50.322 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
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- Excludes1 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to
M50.322:
- M00-M99
2023 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)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - M50-M54
2023 ICD-10-CM Range M50-M54
Other dorsopathiesType 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
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Cervical disc disorders
ICD-10-CM M50.322 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 551 Medical back problems with mcc
- 552 Medical back problems without mcc
Convert M50.322 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
- 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
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 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 2021 2022 2023 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 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- degeneration M50.30
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.30
Other cervical disc degeneration, unspecified cervical region
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M50.322
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
M50.321 Other cervical disc degeneration at C4-C5 level
M50.322
Other cervical disc degeneration at C5-C6 level
M50.323 Other cervical disc degeneration at C6-C7 level
M50.33 …… cervicothoracic region
M50.8 Other cervical disc disorders
M50.80 …… unspecified cervical region
M50.81 …… high cervical region
M50.82 Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region
M50.821 Other cervical disc disorders at C4-C5 level
M50.822 Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level
M50.823 Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.