M50.1Non-billable
Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy
Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Excludes2
1 item
Excludes2
- •brachial radiculitis NOS (M54.13)
Coding Guidance
M50.1 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 cervical disc disease
cervical disc disease
View TemplatesCervical Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical disc disorder
cervical disc disorder
View TemplatesCervical Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical fusion
cervical fusion
View TemplatesCervical Fusion
View documentation for cervical herniation
cervical herniation
View TemplatesCervical Intervertebral Disc Disorder
View documentation for cervical spine herniated disc
cervical spine herniated disc
View TemplatesCervical Disc Disorder
View documentation for disc prolapse
disc prolapse
View TemplatesIntervertebral Disc Displacement
View documentation for neck discomfort
neck discomfort
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
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