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M51

Non-Billable (Header)

Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
  • sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)

Child Codes

M51.0Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy
M51.1Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
M51.2Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement
M51.3Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration
M51.4Schmorl's nodes
M51.8Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
M51.9Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
M51.AOther lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects

Code Hierarchy

└M51Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
└M51Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

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