M50.91 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• C2-C3 cervical disc disorder, unspecified
• C3-C4 cervical disc disorder, unspecified

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)

• 722.91 Other and unspecified disc disorder, cervical region (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M50.91

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 M50.91

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

Nearby codes

• M50.822 Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level
• M50.823 Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level
• M50.83 Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region
• M50.9 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified
• M50.90 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region
• M50.91 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region (this code)
• M50.92 Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, mid-cervical region
• M50.920 Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
• M50.921 Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level
• M50.922 Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level
• M50.923 Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level