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Rely On These Codes for Cervical Disc Disorder With Myelopathy

Published on Wed May 06, 2020

Question: My surgeon documented that the patient has a cervical disc disorder with myelopathy of the high cervical region. Which ICD-10 code should I report on the claim?

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Answer: You would report M50.01 for this diagnosis.

Myelopathy defined: Myelopathy is a neurological disorder due to compression of the spinal cord. A myelopathy can be cervical, thoracic, or lumbar.

You may also run across the following ICD-10 codes for cervical disc disorder with myelopathy:

M50.00 (Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, unspecified cervical region)
M50.020 (Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level)
M50.021 (Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy)
M50.022 (Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy)
M50.023 (Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy)

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