Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for multilevel degenerative disc disease includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease
Use ICD-10 code M51.36 for other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Radiculopathy, lumbar region
Use to document radiculopathy associated with lumbar disc degeneration.
Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
Use to document radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral disc degeneration.
Code each affected spinal level separately using M51.36 or M51.37, ensuring to specify the presence of symptoms with appropriate sixth characters.
Use M51.36 for lumbar DDD, specifying each affected level and associated symptoms with sixth characters.