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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50.20

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

• M50.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• Short description: Other cervical disc displacement, unsp cervical region
• The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM M50.20 became effective on October 1, 2019.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M50.20 - other international versions of ICD-10 M50.20 may differ.

The following code(s) above M50.20 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

• Applicable To annotations, or
• Code Also annotations, or
• Code First annotations, or
• Excludes1 annotations, or
• Excludes2 annotations, or
• Includes annotations, or
• Note annotations, or
• Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to M50.20:

• M00-M99

  2020 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99

  Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

  Note

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

  Type 2 Excludes

  • 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)

  Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
• M50-M54

  2020 ICD-10-CM Range M50-M54

  Other dorsopathies

  Type 1 Excludes

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)

  Other dorsopathies
• M50

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M50

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

  Includes

  • cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
  • cervicothoracic disc disorders

  Note

  • code to the most superior level of disorder

  Cervical disc disorders

Approximate Synonyms

• Brachial neuritis and/or radiculitis due to displacement of cervical intervertebral disc
• Cervical (neck) herniated disc with brachial neuritis
• Cervical disc herniation
• Cervical disc prolapse with radiculopathy
• Displacement cervical (neck) intervertebral disc
• Displacement of cervical intervertebral disc without myelopathy
• Herniation cervical (neck) intervertebral disc
• Herniation of cervical (neck) intervertebral disc
• Prolapse of cervical intervertebral disc without radiculopathy
• Prolapsed cervical intervertebral disc

ICD-10-CM M50.20 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

• 551 Medical back problems with mcc
• 552 Medical back problems without mcc

Convert M50.20 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M50.20:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M50.20

M50.1 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy

M50.10 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.11 …… high cervical region

M50.12 Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region

M50.120 Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level

M50.121 Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy

M50.122 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy

M50.123 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy

M50.13 …… cervicothoracic region

M50.2 Other cervical disc displacement

M50.20 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.21 …… high cervical region

M50.22 Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region

M50.220 …… 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

M50.23 …… cervicothoracic region

M50.3 Other cervical disc degeneration

M50.30 …… unspecified cervical region

M50.31 …… high cervical region

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

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