M51
Header — not billableThoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
The ICD-10 code for thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders is M51.
M51 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M51
- M51.0Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathynon-billable header
- M51.1Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathynon-billable header
- M51.2Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacementnon-billable header
- M51.3Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degenerationnon-billable header
- M51.4Schmorl's nodesnon-billable header
- M51.8Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disordersnon-billable header
- M51.9Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
- M51.AOther lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defectsnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- M50Cervical disc disordersnon-billable header
- M53Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M54Dorsalgianon-billable header
- M51Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disordersnon-billable header