M50.2
Other cervical disc displacement
M50.2 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other cervical disc displacement. 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 M50.20 Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region; M50.21 Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region; M50.22 Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region and M50.23 Other cervical disc displacement, cervicothoracic region. 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