M50.11
Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 7
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Inclusion terms
- C2-C3 disc disorder with radiculopathy
- C3 radiculopathy due to disc disorder
- C3-C4 disc disorder with radiculopathy
- C4 radiculopathy due to disc disorder
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Includes
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
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Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 3 same parent — M50.1
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.