FY2023
Effective from
- Code-level rules changed
Cervical disc disorders
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2023For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2023
Effective from
Cervical disc disorders
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2023| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | Code-level rules changed |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
M50.0Cervical disc disorder with myelopathyCategory · further specificity requiredM50.1Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathyCategory · further specificity requiredM50.2Other cervical disc displacementCategory · further specificity requiredM50.3Other cervical disc degenerationCategory · further specificity requiredM50.8Other cervical disc disordersCategory · further specificity requiredM50.9Cervical disc disorder, unspecifiedCategory · further specificity requiredOfficial titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)
Excludes 2 · cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
Excludes 2 · cervical disc disorder (M50.-)
Excludes 1 · cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (M50.-)
Excludes 1 · rupture or displacement (nontraumatic) of cervical intervertebral disc NOS (M50.-)