M50 — Cervical disc disorders
Not billable
Is M50 billable?
No — M50 is a non-billable header code. M50 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 42 billable codes beneath M50.
Billable codes under this header
- M50.00Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, unspecified cervical region
- M50.01Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, high cervical region
- M50.03Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M50.10Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, unspecified cervical region
- M50.11Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region
- M50.13Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
- M50.20Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region
- M50.21Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region
- M50.23Other cervical disc displacement, cervicothoracic region
- M50.30Other cervical disc degeneration, unspecified cervical region
- M50.31Other cervical disc degeneration, high cervical region
- M50.33Other cervical disc degeneration, cervicothoracic region
- M50.80Other cervical disc disorders, unspecified cervical region
- M50.81Other cervical disc disorders, high cervical region
- M50.83Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region
- M50.90Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region
- M50.91Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region
- M50.93Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, cervicothoracic region
- M50.020Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
- M50.021Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy
- M50.022Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy
- M50.023Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy
- M50.120Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level
- M50.121Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy
- M50.122Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy
- M50.123Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy
- M50.220Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
- M50.221Other cervical disc displacement at C4-C5 level
- M50.222Other cervical disc displacement at C5-C6 level
- M50.223Other cervical disc displacement at C6-C7 level
- M50.320Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
- M50.321Other cervical disc degeneration at C4-C5 level
- M50.322Other cervical disc degeneration at C5-C6 level
- M50.323Other cervical disc degeneration at C6-C7 level
- M50.820Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
- M50.821Other cervical disc disorders at C4-C5 level
- M50.822Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level
- M50.823Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level
- M50.920Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
- M50.921Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level
- M50.922Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level
- M50.923Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level
M50 at a glance
| Code | M50 |
|---|---|
| Description | Cervical disc disorders |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Includes
Conditions classified to M50.
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M50-M54
The conditions below can never be reported together with M50 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M50, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M50 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- 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)
What codes fall under M50? (6)
- M50.0Cervical disc disorder with myelopathynot billable
- M50.1Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathynot billable
- M50.2Other cervical disc displacementnot billable
- M50.3Other cervical disc degenerationnot billable
- M50.8Other cervical disc disordersnot billable
- M50.9Cervical disc disorder, unspecifiednot billable
How long has M50 existed?
M50 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with M50?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with M50 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.