M50.21 Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Other C2-C3 cervical disc displacement
• Other C3-C4 cervical disc displacement

Applies from M50 Cervical disc disorders

Includes

• cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
• cervicothoracic disc disorders

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 551-552 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 722.0 Displacement of cervical intervertebral disc without myelopathy (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M50.21

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M50.21

• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › cervical › displacement › C2-C3
• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › cervical › displacement › C3-C4
• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › cervical › displacement › high cervical region

Nearby codes

• M50.122 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy
• M50.123 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy
• M50.13 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
• M50.2 Other cervical disc displacement
• M50.20 Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region
• M50.21 Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region (this code)
• M50.22 Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region
• M50.220 Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
• M50.221 Other cervical disc displacement at C4-C5 level
• M50.222 Other cervical disc displacement at C5-C6 level
• M50.223 Other cervical disc displacement at C6-C7 level