M50.31Billable
Other cervical disc degeneration, high cervical region
Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Billable Code
M50.31 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for cervical disc degeneration
cervical disc degeneration
View TemplatesCervical Disc Degeneration
View documentation for degeneration of cervical intervertebral disc
degeneration of cervical intervertebral disc
View TemplatesDegeneration of cervical intervertebral disc
View documentation for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine
degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine
View TemplatesCervical Degenerative Disc Disease
View documentation for degenerative disk disease cervical
degenerative disk disease cervical
View TemplatesCervical Degenerative Disc Disease
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
10 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)
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