M50.12Non-billable
Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region
Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Coding Guidance
M50.12 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for arthritis neck
arthritis neck
View TemplatesCervical Spondylosis
View documentation for bulging cervical disc
bulging cervical disc
View TemplatesCervical Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical degenerative disc disease
cervical degenerative disc disease
View TemplatesCervical Degenerative Disc Disease
View documentation for cervical disc bulge
cervical disc bulge
View TemplatesCervical Intervertebral Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical disc herniation
cervical disc herniation
View TemplatesCervical Intervertebral Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical discectomy
cervical discectomy
View TemplatesCervical Discectomy
View documentation for cervical discogenic disease
cervical discogenic disease
View TemplatesCervical Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical spine pain
cervical spine pain
View TemplatesCervical Spine Pain
View documentation for pain in neck
pain in neck
View TemplatesCervicalgia
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
2 items
Includes
From M50:
- •cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- •cervicothoracic disc disorders
Excludes2
11 items
Excludes2
From M00-M99:
- •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-)
- •
- •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)
From M50.1:
- •brachial radiculitis NOS (M54.13)
Notes
1 item
Notes
From M00-M99:
- •Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition