Table

Current and new International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification diagnostic codes for discogenic pain.

Current Code: DescriptionNew Code: Description
Lumbar Region
· M51: Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
· M51.3: Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration
· M51.36: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region
· M51.360: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lumbar discogenic back pain only
· M51.361: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only
· M51.362: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain
· M51.369: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain
Lumbosacral Region
· M51.37: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region· M51.370: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only
· M51.371: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only
· M51.372: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain
· M51.379: Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain