kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M51.A2

Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
      • M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
        • M51.A Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
          • M51.A0 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
          • M51.A1 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region
          • M51.A2 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region
          • M51.A3 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size
          • M51.A4 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region
          • M51.A5 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Code First

M51.A2

  • , if applicable, lumbar disc herniation (M51.06, M51.16, M51.26)
    • M51.06 Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region
    • M51.16 Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbar region
    • M51.26 Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbar region

Excludes 1

M50-M54

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)
    • M46.4 Discitis, unspecified

Excludes 2

M51

  • cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-)
    • M50 Cervical disc disorders
  • sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)
    • M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • 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)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

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