M51 Non-Billable Code
Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
Chapter Classification
Chapter 13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Section Detail
M50-M54
Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes2
- cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
- sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- M51.0 - Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy
- M51.1 - Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
- M51.2 - Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement
- M51.3 - Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration
- M51.4 - Schmorl's nodes
- M51.8 - Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
- M51.9 - Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder Billable
- M51.A - Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
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