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M54.16
Billable

Radiculopathy, lumbar region

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Billable Code

M54.16 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy
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Bilateral Lower Extremity Radiculopathy

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Lower Limb Extremity Pain

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low back pain with radiculopathy
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Radiculopathy, lumbar region

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lower back pain with radiculopathy
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Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

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lower extremity radiculopathy
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Radiculopathy, lumbar region

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lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy
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Intervertebral Disc Disorders with Radiculopathy, Lumbar Region

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lumbar disc prolapse with radiculopathy
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Intervertebral Disc Disorders with Radiculopathy, Lumbar Region

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lumbar pain with radiculopathy
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Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

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lumbar radicular pain
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Lumbar Radiculopathy

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lumbar radiculitis
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Radiculopathy, lumbar region

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lumbar radiculopathy
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Lumbar Radiculopathy

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lumbar spine
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Lumbar Spine Disorders

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lumbar stenosis with radiculopathy
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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Radiculopathy

View documentation for right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy
right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy
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Lumbar Radiculopathy Affecting Right Lower Extremity

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

5 items

From M54.1:

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

Excludes1

5 items

From M54:

  • psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)

From M54.1:

  • neuralgia and neuritis NOS (M79.2)
  • radiculopathy with cervical disc disorder (M50.1)
  • radiculopathy with lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)
  • radiculopathy with spondylosis (M47.2-)

Excludes2

10 items

From M00-M99:

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Notes

1 item

From M00-M99:

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
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