Code
Hierarchy
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M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
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M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
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M51.0 Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy
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M51.1 Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
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M51.2 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement
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M51.3 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration
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M51.4 Schmorl's nodes
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M51.8 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
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M51.9 Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
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M51.A Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
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Notes
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Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes 1
Excludes 2
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cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
- M50 Cervical disc disorders
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sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)
- M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified
- L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)