ICD-10-CM Section · M50-M54
Other dorsopathies
167 codes in this section
167
Total Codes
133
Billable
34
Header (Non-Billable)
4
Top-Level Codes
About Section M50-M54
Section M50-M54 (M50-M54) covers other dorsopathies. It sits within the Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue chapter (M00-M99). This section contains 167 ICD-10-CM codes, 133 billable diagnoses you can submit on a claim, and 34 non-billable header codes used to organize the hierarchy.
Codes are organized below by 3-character root. Click the root to see all subcodes underneath it, or click any individual code for full coverage data, payer policies, and linked CPT procedures.
Codes in M50-M54
Grouped by 3-character root code. Click any code for full detail.
M50
Cervical disc disorders
54 subcodes
| M50.0 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy | Header |
| M50.00 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.01 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.02 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.020 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.021 | Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy | Billable |
| M50.022 | Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy | Billable |
| M50.023 | Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy | Billable |
| M50.03 | Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M50.1 | Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy | Header |
| M50.10 | Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.11 | Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.12 | Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.120 | Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.121 | Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy | Billable |
| M50.122 | Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy | Billable |
| M50.123 | Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy | Billable |
| M50.13 | Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M50.2 | Other cervical disc displacement | Header |
| M50.20 | Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.21 | Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.22 | Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.220 | Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.221 | Other cervical disc displacement at C4-C5 level | Billable |
| M50.222 | Other cervical disc displacement at C5-C6 level | Billable |
| M50.223 | Other cervical disc displacement at C6-C7 level | Billable |
| M50.23 | Other cervical disc displacement, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M50.3 | Other cervical disc degeneration | Header |
| M50.30 | Other cervical disc degeneration, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.31 | Other cervical disc degeneration, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.32 | Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.320 | Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.321 | Other cervical disc degeneration at C4-C5 level | Billable |
| M50.322 | Other cervical disc degeneration at C5-C6 level | Billable |
| M50.323 | Other cervical disc degeneration at C6-C7 level | Billable |
| M50.33 | Other cervical disc degeneration, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M50.8 | Other cervical disc disorders | Header |
| M50.80 | Other cervical disc disorders, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.81 | Other cervical disc disorders, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.82 | Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.820 | Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.821 | Other cervical disc disorders at C4-C5 level | Billable |
| M50.822 | Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level | Billable |
| M50.823 | Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level | Billable |
| M50.83 | Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M50.9 | Cervical disc disorder, unspecified | Header |
| M50.90 | Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region | Billable |
| M50.91 | Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region | Billable |
| M50.92 | Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, mid-cervical region | Header |
| M50.920 | Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level | Billable |
| M50.921 | Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level | Billable |
| M50.922 | Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level | Billable |
| M50.923 | Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level | Billable |
| M50.93 | Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
M51
Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
45 subcodes
| M51.0 | Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy | Header |
| M51.04 | Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.05 | Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.06 | Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.1 | Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy | Header |
| M51.14 | Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.15 | Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.16 | Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.17 | Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M51.2 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement | Header |
| M51.24 | Other intervertebral disc displacement, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.25 | Other intervertebral disc displacement, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.26 | Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.27 | Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M51.3 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration | Header |
| M51.34 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.35 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.36 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region | Header |
| M51.360 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only | Billable |
| M51.361 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only | Billable |
| M51.362 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain | Billable |
| M51.369 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain | Billable |
| M51.37 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region | Header |
| M51.370 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only | Billable |
| M51.371 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only | Billable |
| M51.372 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain | Billable |
| M51.379 | Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain | Billable |
| M51.4 | Schmorl's nodes | Header |
| M51.44 | Schmorl's nodes, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.45 | Schmorl's nodes, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.46 | Schmorl's nodes, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.47 | Schmorl's nodes, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M51.8 | Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders | Header |
| M51.84 | Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracic region | Billable |
| M51.85 | Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M51.86 | Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.87 | Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M51.9 | Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder | Billable |
| M51.A | Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects | Header |
| M51.A0 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size | Billable |
| M51.A1 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.A2 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region | Billable |
| M51.A3 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size | Billable |
| M51.A4 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M51.A5 | Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region | Billable |
M53
Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
25 subcodes
| M53.0 | Cervicocranial syndrome | Billable |
| M53.1 | Cervicobrachial syndrome | Billable |
| M53.2 | Spinal instabilities | Header |
| M53.2X | Spinal instabilities | Header |
| M53.2X1 | Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Billable |
| M53.2X2 | Spinal instabilities, cervical region | Billable |
| M53.2X3 | Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M53.2X4 | Spinal instabilities, thoracic region | Billable |
| M53.2X5 | Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M53.2X6 | Spinal instabilities, lumbar region | Billable |
| M53.2X7 | Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M53.2X8 | Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Billable |
| M53.2X9 | Spinal instabilities, site unspecified | Billable |
| M53.3 | Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified | Billable |
| M53.8 | Other specified dorsopathies | Header |
| M53.80 | Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified | Billable |
| M53.81 | Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Billable |
| M53.82 | Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region | Billable |
| M53.83 | Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M53.84 | Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region | Billable |
| M53.85 | Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M53.86 | Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region | Billable |
| M53.87 | Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M53.88 | Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Billable |
| M53.9 | Dorsopathy, unspecified | Billable |
M54
Dorsalgia
39 subcodes
| M54.0 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back | Header |
| M54.00 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified | Billable |
| M54.01 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Billable |
| M54.02 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region | Billable |
| M54.03 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M54.04 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region | Billable |
| M54.05 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M54.06 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region | Billable |
| M54.07 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M54.08 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Billable |
| M54.09 | Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine | Billable |
| M54.1 | Radiculopathy | Header |
| M54.10 | Radiculopathy, site unspecified | Billable |
| M54.11 | Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Billable |
| M54.12 | Radiculopathy, cervical region | Billable |
| M54.13 | Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region | Billable |
| M54.14 | Radiculopathy, thoracic region | Billable |
| M54.15 | Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region | Billable |
| M54.16 | Radiculopathy, lumbar region | Billable |
| M54.17 | Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region | Billable |
| M54.18 | Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Billable |
| M54.2 | Cervicalgia | Billable |
| M54.3 | Sciatica | Header |
| M54.30 | Sciatica, unspecified side | Billable |
| M54.31 | Sciatica, right side | Billable |
| M54.32 | Sciatica, left side | Billable |
| M54.4 | Lumbago with sciatica | Header |
| M54.40 | Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side | Billable |
| M54.41 | Lumbago with sciatica, right side | Billable |
| M54.42 | Lumbago with sciatica, left side | Billable |
| M54.5 | Low back pain | Header |
| M54.50 | Low back pain, unspecified | Billable |
| M54.51 | Vertebrogenic low back pain | Billable |
| M54.59 | Other low back pain | Billable |
| M54.6 | Pain in thoracic spine | Billable |
| M54.8 | Other dorsalgia | Header |
| M54.81 | Occipital neuralgia | Billable |
| M54.89 | Other dorsalgia | Billable |
| M54.9 | Dorsalgia, unspecified | Billable |
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