M50 Cervical disc disorders

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Includes

• cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
• cervicothoracic disc disorders

Applies from M50 Cervical disc disorders

Includes

• cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
• cervicothoracic disc disorders

Codes under M50

• M50.0 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy
• M50.1 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy
• M50.2 Other cervical disc displacement
• M50.3 Other cervical disc degeneration
• M50.8 Other cervical disc disorders
• M50.9 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified

Code annotations containing back-references to M50

Back-references to M50

• Type 1 Excludes: G54 Nerve root and plexus disorders ("intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)")
• Type 2 Excludes: M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders ("cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome ("cervical disc disorder (M50.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M54.2 Cervicalgia ("cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (M50.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S13.0 Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc ("rupture or displacement (nontraumatic) of cervical intervertebral disc NOS (M50.-)")

Back-references to M50

• Type 1 Excludes: G54 Nerve root and plexus disorders ("intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)")
• Type 2 Excludes: M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders ("cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome ("cervical disc disorder (M50.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M54.2 Cervicalgia ("cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (M50.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S13.0 Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc ("rupture or displacement (nontraumatic) of cervical intervertebral disc NOS (M50.-)")

Nearby codes

• M50 Cervical disc disorders (this code)
• M50.0 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy
• M50.00 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, unspecified cervical region
• M50.01 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, high cervical region
• M50.02 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region
• M50.020 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level