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ICD-10/M50.920

M50.920 ICD-10-CM Code: Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 551 — MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC (MDC 08)
  • MS-DRG 552 — MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 08)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (M50.920).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M50.920 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
  • cervicothoracic disc disorders

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level
    FY2017 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Billable — reportable as written.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of M50.920 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 — Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99) (M00-M99) [Hierarchy]
  • M50-M54 — Other dorsopathies [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • G54 — Nerve root and plexus disorders [Excludes1](via M50.-): “intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)” · check together
  • M54.2 — Cervicalgia [Excludes1](via M50.-): “cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (M50.-)” · check together
  • S13.0 — Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc [Excludes1](via M50.-): “rupture or displacement (nontraumatic) of cervical intervertebral disc NOS (M50.-)” · check together

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • M51 — Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders [Excludes2](via M50.-): “cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)” · check together
  • M53.1 — Cervicobrachial syndrome [Excludes2](via M50.-): “cervical disc disorder (M50.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • MUS011 — Spondylopathies/spondyloarthropathy (including infective) [CCSR]

Potential MS-DRG

  • DRG 551 — MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC [MS-DRG]: “MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC (MDC 08)”
  • DRG 552 — MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC [MS-DRG]: “MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 08)”

MDC crossing · procedures (18508)

  • MDC 08 — Diseases and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue [MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”
  • 005T0ZZ — Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 08, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 005T3ZZ — Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Percutaneous Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Percutaneous Approach — grouped in MDC 08, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 005T4ZZ — Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Destruction of Spinal Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach — grouped in MDC 08, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 005W0Z3 — Destruction of Cervical Spinal Cord using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Destruction of Cervical Spinal Cord using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 08, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 005W0ZZ — Destruction of Cervical Spinal Cord, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Destruction of Cervical Spinal Cord, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 08, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • and 18503 more

Index entries

  • Disorder (of), disc (intervertebral), cervical, mid-cervical region[Index term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • M50 — Cervical disc disorders [Sibling]
  • M50.120 — Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level [Sibling]
  • M50.121 — Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy [Sibling]
  • M50.122 — Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy [Sibling]
  • M50.123 — Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy [Sibling]
  • M50.13 — Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region [Sibling]
  • M50.2 — Other cervical disc displacement [Sibling]
  • M50.20 — Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Referenced by Other Codes

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MUS011 — Spondylopathies/spondyloarthropathy (including infective) (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Potential MS-DRG Relationships (FY2026)

Not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 551 (MDC 08), DRG 552 (MDC 08).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name M50.920 or its code family.

3 Excludes1 notes across 3 chapters: G54 (via M50.-), M54.2 (via M50.-), S13.0 (via M50.-).

2 Excludes2 notes: M51 (via M50.-), M53.1 (via M50.-).

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to M50.920 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • M50.822 — Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level
  • M50.823 — Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level
  • M50.83 — Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region
  • M50.9 — Cervical disc disorder, unspecified
  • M50.90 — Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region
  • M50.91 — Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region
  • M50.92 — Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, mid-cervical region
  • M50.921 — Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level
  • M50.922 — Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level
  • M50.923 — Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level

View all codes in the M50 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Disorder (of), disc (intervertebral), cervical, mid-cervical region