M54.5 - Low back pain
- Applicable to Low back pain
- The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM M54.5 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD10-CM version of M54.5 - other international versions of ICD10 M54.5 may differ.
- M54.5 is a Non-Billable / Non-Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- M54.5 Code should not be used for billing or reimbursement purposes as there are multiple ICD-10 CM codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- M54.5 - Low back pain
- M54.5 - Low back pain
- M54.50 - Low back pain, unspecified
- M54.51 - Vertebrogenic low back pain
- M54.59 - Other low back pain
Type 1 Excludes
- 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-)
Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
The following codes above M54.5 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to M54.5:
- Chapter: M00-M99 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Section: M50-M54 - Other dorsopathies
- Category: M54 - Dorsalgia
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