Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy
Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy
M50.0 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
Each of the codes below is billable. Choose the one that most accurately describes the patient's diagnosis.
Cervical disc disorder causing spinal cord compression (myelopathy) without documentation of the specific cervical level or region affected.
Cervical disc disorder at the C2-C3 or C3-C4 level with documented spinal cord compression (myelopathy) — the high cervical region variant of the M50.0 family.
M50.03 identifies a cervical disc disorder at the C7-T1 level (cervicothoracic region) where disc pathology is causing compression or injury to the spinal cord, resulting in myelopathy.