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ICD-10-CM Codes

2. M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

3. M50-M54 Other dorsopathies

4. M51- Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M51.9

Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral

intervertebral disc disorder
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code

 M51.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for
reimbursement purposes.
 Short description: Unsp thoracic, thoracolum and lumbosacr intvrt disc disorder
 The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM M51.9 became effective on October 1, 2017.
 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M51.9 - other international versions of ICD-10
M51.9 may differ.

The following code(s) above M51.9 contain annotation back-references

that may be applicable to M51.9:

 M00-M99

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

 M50-M54

Other dorsopathies

 M51

Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

Approximate Synonyms

 Compressive myelopathy
  Disorder of intervertebral disc of thoracic spine
 Disorder of lumbar disc
 Disorder of lumbar intervertebral disc
 Displacement of intervertebral disc without myelopathy
 Herniated intervertebral disc
 Intervertebral disc disorder
 Intervertebral disc disorder with myelopathy
 Intervertebral disc herniation
 Intervertebral disc prolapse
 Lumbar disc disorder
 Myelopathy due to spinal cord compression
 Prolapsed intervertebral disc without myelopathy
 Schmorl's nodes
 Schmorls nodes
 Thoracic disc disorder

ICD-10-CM M51.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

 551 Medical back problems with mcc

 552 Medical back problems without mcc

Convert M51.9 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)

 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M51.9:

 Disorder (of) - see also Disease

o disc (intervertebral) M51.9
 Neuritis (rheumatoid) M79.2
o due to
 herniation, nucleus pulposus M51.9

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-
CM codes.