Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region
Non-billable header
M51.36 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from M51)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M51)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M51)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M51)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M51)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M51)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M51)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M51)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M51)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M51)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M51)
- cervical and cervicothoracic disc disorders (M50.-) (from M51)
- sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3) (from M51)
Also known as
- Degeneration, degenerative, intervertebral disc, lumbar region
Parent code
- M51.3Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degenerationHeader
More specific codes M51.36
- M51.360Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain onlyBillable
- M51.361Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain onlyBillable
- M51.362Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity painBillable
- M51.369Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity painBillable