Billable Medical Code for Other and Unspecified Disc Disorder, Cervical Region
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 722.91
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 722.91.
The Short Description Is: Disc dis NEC/NOS-cerv.
Known As
Cervical disc disease is also known as annular tear of cervical disc, calcification cervical disc, calcification of cervical disc, calcification of intervertebral cartilage AND/OR disc of cervical region, calcification of vertebral disc – cervical (neck), cervical (neck) disc disease, cervical (neck) disc disorder, cervical (neck) disc disorder of cervicothoracic spine, cervical (neck) disc disorder midcervical, cervical disc disease, cervical disc disorder, cervical disc disorder of cervicothoracic spine, cervical disc disorder of occipitatlantoaxial spine, cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervical disc disorder midcervical, cervical discitis, cervicothoracic disc disorder, cervicothoracic discitis, discitis of cervical (neck) region, discitis of cervical region, discitis of cervical spine, discitis of cervicothoracic spine, discitis of occipitatlantoaxial spine, midcervical disc disorder, occipitoatlantoaxial disc disorder, and occipitoatlantoaxial discitis.
Cervical Disc Disease Definition and Symptoms
Cervical disc disease is a general term for age-related damage that affects the spinal disks in the neck. This is very common and typically worsens with age. In majority of cases there are no symptoms, however when symptoms do occur they usually only affect the neck, causing pain and stiffness.