M51.37
M51.37 — Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M51.37 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M51.37
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M51.37. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M51.37 alone.
Risk adjustment
M51.37 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M51.37
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- M51.370Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only
- M51.371Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only
- M51.372Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain
- M51.379Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M51.3. If M51.37 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M51.37
- Is M51.37 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M51.37 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M51.37 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other dorsopathies (M50-M54).