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Category · FY2027

M53 Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

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M53 is not billable. The category heads 22 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 subdivisions.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
  3. M53 Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
Billable codes
22
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
58

Codes in M53

  1. M53.0
    Cervicocranial syndrome
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Posterior cervical sympathetic syndrome
  2. M53.1
    Cervicobrachial syndrome
    Billable
    Excludes2 2

    Excludes2

    • cervical disc disorder (M50.-) M50
    • thoracic outlet syndrome (G54.0) G54.0
  3. M53.2
    Spinal instabilities
    Header
  4. M53.2X
    Spinal instabilities
    Header
  5. M53.2X1
    Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  6. M53.2X2
    Spinal instabilities, cervical region
    Billable
  7. M53.2X3
    Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  8. M53.2X4
    Spinal instabilities, thoracic region
    Billable
  9. M53.2X5
    Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  10. M53.2X6
    Spinal instabilities, lumbar region
    Billable
  11. M53.2X7
    Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  12. M53.2X8
    Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  13. M53.2X9
    Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
    Billable
  14. M53.3
    Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Coccygodynia
  15. M53.8
    Other specified dorsopathies
    Header
  16. M53.80
    Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified
    Billable
  17. M53.81
    Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  18. M53.82
    Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region
    Billable
  19. M53.83
    Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  20. M53.84
    Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region
    Billable
  21. M53.85
    Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  22. M53.86
    Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region
    Billable
  23. M53.87
    Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  24. M53.88
    Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  25. M53.9
    Dorsopathy, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block M50-M54 instructions (Excludes1 2): printed on the block page.

Chapter 13 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 13 page.

Index entries

  • Barré-Liéou syndrome (posterior cervical sympathetic) → M53.0
  • Coccydynia, coccygodynia → M53.3
  • Sacralgia → M53.3
  • Sacrodynia → M53.3
  • Dorsopathy → M53.9
  • SyndromeBarré-Liéou → M53.0
  • Syndromecervicocranial → M53.0
  • Syndromecraniovertebral → M53.0
  • Pain(s)cervicobrachial → M53.1
  • Syndromecervical (root) → M53.1
  • Syndromecervicobrachial (diffuse) → M53.1
  • Hypermobility, hypermotilitycoccyx → M53.2
  • Instabilitylumbosacral → M53.2
  • Movablecoccyx → M53.2
  • Relaxationlumbosacral (joint) → M53.2
  • Relaxationsacroiliac (joint) → M53.2
  • Slipped, slippingsacroiliac joint → M53.2
  • Unstablelumbosacral joint (congenital) → M53.2
  • Unstablesacroiliac → M53.2
  • Backache (postural)sacroiliac → M53.3
  • Change(s) (in) (of)sacroiliac joint → M53.3
  • Disease, diseasedsacroiliac NEC → M53.3
  • Disorder (of)coccyx NEC → M53.3
  • Disorder (of)sacrum, sacrococcygeal NEC → M53.3
  • Lesion(s) (nontraumatic)sacroiliac (joint) (old) → M53.3
  • Pain(s)coccyx → M53.3
  • Pain(s)sacroiliac → M53.3
  • Schmorl's disease or nodessacrococcygeal region → M53.3
  • Dorsopathyspecified NEC → M53.80
  • Disease, diseasedlumbosacral region → M53.87
  • Syndromecervical (root)posterior, sympathicus → M53.0
  • Syndromeposteriorcervical sympathetic → M53.0
  • Dislocation (articular)pathological NEClumbosacral joint → M53.2
  • Dislocation (articular)pathological NECsacroiliac → M53.2
  • Dislocation (articular)recurrentsacroiliac → M53.2
  • Dislocation (articular)sacroiliac (joint) (ligament)recurrent → M53.2
  • Displacement, displacedsacro-iliac (joint) (congenital)old → M53.2
  • Instabilityjoint (post-traumatic)lumbosacral → M53.2
  • Instabilityjoint (post-traumatic)sacroiliac → M53.2
  • Instabilityjoint (post-traumatic)spine → M53.2

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