M50.02Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region

M50.02 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region. It belongs to category M50 (cervical disc disorders), block M50-M54 (other dorsopathies) and chapter 13 (diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within M50.0 (cervical disc disorder with myelopathy), M50.02 is specifically for cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region. Related codes cover unspecified cervical region (M50.00), high cervical region (M50.01) and cervicothoracic region (M50.03).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: M50.020 (unspecified level), M50.021 (myelopathy), M50.022 (myelopathy) and M50.023 (myelopathy).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2017 (expanded into subcodes).