ICD-10-CM Code M51
Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code M51 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of M51 that describes the diagnosis 'thoracic, thoracolum, and lumbosacral intvrt disc disorders' in more detail.
- M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders NON-BILLABLE
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- M51.14 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracic region BILLABLE
- M51.15 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region BILLABLE
- M51.16 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbar region BILLABLE
- M51.17 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region BILLABLE
- BILLABLE M51.9 Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
The ICD code M51 is used to code Intervertebral disc disorder
A intervertebral disc disorder is a condition that involves deterioration, herniation, or other dysfunction of an intervertebral disc.
Specialty: | Rheumatology |
ICD 9 Code: | 722 |
Cervical vertebra with intervertebral disc
Coding Notes for M51 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders - instead, use code M50.-
- Sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders - instead, use code M53.3
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M51 - Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders'
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