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M54.50
Billable

Low back pain, unspecified

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Inclusion Terms

2 items
  • Loin pain
  • Lumbago NOS

Billable Code

M54.50 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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acute low back pain
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Acute Low Back Pain

View documentation for back pain unspecified
back pain unspecified
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Unspecified Back Pain

View documentation for chronic bilateral low back pain without sciatica
chronic bilateral low back pain without sciatica
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Chronic Bilateral Low Back Pain Without Sciatica

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chronic low back pain
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Chronic Low Back Pain

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chronic lower back pain
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Chronic Lower Back Pain

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chronic lumbar pain
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Chronic Lumbar Pain

View documentation for low back pain unspecified
low back pain unspecified
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Low Back Pain, Unspecified

View documentation for lumbar muscle strain
lumbar muscle strain
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Acute Strain of Lumbar Musculature

View documentation for lumbosacral disc disease
lumbosacral disc disease
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Lumbosacral Disc Degeneration

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.

Excludes1

6 items

From M54:

  • psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)

From M54.5:

  • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only (M51.360)
  • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only (M51.370)
  • low back strain (S39.012)
  • lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
  • lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-)

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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