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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.921
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.921
Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level
2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- M50.921 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 M50.921 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M50.921 - other international versions of ICD-10 M50.921 may differ.
Applicable To- Unspecified C4-C5 cervical disc disorder
The following code(s) above
M50.921 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
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- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
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- Excludes1 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to
M50.921:
- 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)
- 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-)
- 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
- 551 Medical back problems with mcc
- 552 Medical back problems without mcc
Convert M50.921 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M50.921
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
M50.83 …… cervicothoracic region
M50.9 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified
M50.90 …… unspecified cervical region
M50.91 …… high cervical region
M50.92 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, mid-cervical region
M50.920 Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
M50.921
Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level
M50.922 Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level
M50.923 Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level
M50.93 …… cervicothoracic region
M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
M51.0 Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy
M51.04 Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracic region
M51.05 Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region
M51.06 Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region
M51.1 Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
M51.14 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracic region
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
