M50.02
Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region
M50.02 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M50.020 Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level; M50.021 Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy; M50.022 Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy and M50.023 Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 10 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
- 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)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition