M50.8Other cervical disc disorders

M50.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other cervical disc disorders. 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, choose M50.8 (Other cervical disc disorders) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: cervical disc disorder with myelopathy (M50.0), cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy (M50.1), other cervical disc displacement (M50.2), other cervical disc degeneration (M50.3) and cervical disc disorder, unspecified (M50.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: M50.80 (unspecified cervical region), M50.81 (high cervical region), M50.82 (mid-cervical region) and M50.83 (cervicothoracic region).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.