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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M51.A
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M51.A
Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
2023 - New Code Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- M51.A should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- ICD-10-CM M51.A is a new 2023 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M51.A - other international versions of ICD-10 M51.A may differ.
The following code(s) above
M51.A 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
M51.A:
- 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-)
- M51
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M51
Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
- sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): New code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M51.A
M51.45 …… thoracolumbar region
M51.8 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
M51.84 Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracic region
M51.85 Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracolumbar region
M51.86 Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbar region
M51.87 Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbosacral region
M51.9 Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
M51.A
Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
M51.A0 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
M51.A1 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region
M51.A2 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region
M51.A3 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size
M51.A4 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region
M51.A5 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region
M53 Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
M53.0 Cervicocranial syndrome
M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome
M53.2 Spinal instabilities
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
