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Category · FY2027

M54 Dorsalgia

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M54 is not billable. The category heads 33 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 9 subdivisions.

ICD-10 code by name

What is the ICD-10 code for back pain?
Back pain ICD-10 code: M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified. Alphabetic Index: Pain(s)back (postural) → M54.9. Search ICD-10 for back pain

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
  3. M54 Dorsalgia
Billable codes
33
Subdivisions
9
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
49

Codes in M54

  1. M54.0
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
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    Excludes1 3

    Excludes1

    • lupus panniculitis (L93.2) L93.2
    • panniculitis NOS (M79.3) M79.3
    • relapsing [Weber-Christian] panniculitis (M35.6) M35.6
  2. M54.00
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified
    Billable
  3. M54.01
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  4. M54.02
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region
    Billable
  5. M54.03
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  6. M54.04
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region
    Billable
  7. M54.05
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  8. M54.06
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region
    Billable
  9. M54.07
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  10. M54.08
    Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  11. M54.09
    Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine
    Billable
  12. M54.1
    Radiculopathy
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    Inclusion terms 5, Excludes1 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS
    • Lumbar neuritis or radiculitis NOS
    • Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis NOS
    • Thoracic neuritis or radiculitis NOS
    • Radiculitis NOS

    Excludes1

    • neuralgia and neuritis NOS (M79.2) M79.2
    • radiculopathy with cervical disc disorder (M50.1) M50.1
    • radiculopathy with lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-) M51.1
    • radiculopathy with spondylosis (M47.2-) M47.2
  13. M54.10
    Radiculopathy, site unspecified
    Billable
  14. M54.11
    Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
    Billable
  15. M54.12
    Radiculopathy, cervical region
    Billable
  16. M54.13
    Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
    Billable
  17. M54.14
    Radiculopathy, thoracic region
    Billable
  18. M54.15
    Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region
    Billable
  19. M54.16
    Radiculopathy, lumbar region
    Billable
  20. M54.17
    Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
    Billable
  21. M54.18
    Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
    Billable
  22. M54.2
    Cervicalgia
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (M50.-) M50
  23. M54.3
    Sciatica
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    Excludes1 5

    Excludes1

    • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only (M51.361) M51.361
    • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only (M51.371) M51.371
    • lesion of sciatic nerve (G57.0) G57.0
    • sciatica due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-) M51.1
    • sciatica with lumbago (M54.4-) M54.4
  24. M54.30
    Sciatica, unspecified side
    Billable
  25. M54.31
    Sciatica, right side
    Billable
  26. M54.32
    Sciatica, left side
    Billable
  27. M54.4
    Lumbago with sciatica
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    Excludes1 3

    Excludes1

    • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain (M51.362) M51.362
    • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain (M51.372) M51.372
    • lumbago with sciatica due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-) M51.1
  28. M54.40
    Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side
    Billable
  29. M54.41
    Lumbago with sciatica, right side
    Billable
  30. M54.42
    Lumbago with sciatica, left side
    Billable
  31. M54.5
    Low back pain 3 billable codes
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  32. M54.6
    Pain in thoracic spine
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • pain in thoracic spine due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.-) M51
  33. M54.8
    Other dorsalgia
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    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • dorsalgia in thoracic region (M54.6) M54.6
    • low back pain (M54.5-) M54.5
  34. M54.81
    Occipital neuralgia
    Billable
  35. M54.89
    Other dorsalgia
    Billable
  36. M54.9
    Dorsalgia, unspecified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Backache NOS
    • Back pain NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At M54

Excludes1

  • psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41) F45.41

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

  • Radiculopathy → M54.10
  • Cervicalgia → M54.2
  • Sciatica (infective) → M54.3-
  • Backache (postural) → M54.9
  • Dorsalgia → M54.9
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)back → M54.00
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)neck → M54.02
  • Radiculopathyleg → M54.1-
  • Radiculopathyoccipito-atlanto-axial region → M54.11
  • Radiculopathycervical region → M54.12
  • Radiculopathycervicothoracic region → M54.13
  • Neuritis (rheumatoid)thoracic → M54.14
  • Radiculopathythoracic region (with visceral pain) → M54.14
  • Radiculopathythoracolumbar region → M54.15
  • Neuritis (rheumatoid)lumbar → M54.16
  • Radiculopathylumbar region → M54.16
  • Neuritis (rheumatoid)lumbosacral → M54.17
  • Radiculopathylumbosacral region → M54.17
  • Radiculopathysacrococcygeal region → M54.18
  • Pain(s)neck NEC → M54.2
  • Sciatica (infective)wallet → M54.3-
  • Lumbago, lumbalgiawith sciatica → M54.4-
  • Rheumatism (articular) (neuralgic) (nonarticular)sciatic → M54.4-
  • Sciatica (infective)with lumbago → M54.4-
  • Scoliosis (acquired) (postural)sciatic → M54.4-
  • Pain(s)thoracic spine → M54.6
  • Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute)occipital → M54.81
  • Backache (postural)specified NEC → M54.89
  • Dorsalgiaspecified NEC → M54.89
  • Pain(s)vertebrogenic → M54.89
  • Syndromevertebrogenic (pain) → M54.89
  • Pain(s)back (postural) → M54.9
  • Pain(s)spine → M54.9
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)backoccipito-atlanto-axial region → M54.01
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)neckoccipito-atlanto-axial region → M54.01
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)backcervical region → M54.02
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)backcervicothoracic region → M54.03
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)neckcervicothoracic region → M54.03
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)backthoracic region → M54.04
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)backthoracolumbar region → M54.05

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