Cervical disc disorder, unspecified
Cervical disc disorder, unspecified
M50.9 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
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M50.90 identifies a cervical disc disorder where neither the specific type of disorder (myelopathy, radiculopathy, displacement, degeneration) nor the precise cervical region (high cervical, mid-cervical, cervicothoracic) is documented or determinable from available clinical information.
Unspecified cervical disc disorder localized to the high cervical (occipito-atlanto-axial, C1–C2) region, where the disc pathology type has not been documented with enough specificity to assign a more precise code.
M50.93 identifies a cervical disc disorder of unspecified type located at the cervicothoracic region (C7-T1 junction), where the nature of the disc pathology — degeneration, displacement, myelopathy, or radiculopathy — has not been specified in the clinical documentation.