Diagnosis Code

M54.50 LOW BACK PAIN, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: M54.50

Short Description: Low back pain, unspecified

Long Description: Low back pain, unspecified

The code M54.50 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
    • Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
      • Dorsalgia (M54)
        • M54.50 Low back pain, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute low back pain
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Intractable low back pain
  • Loin pain
  • Low back pain
  • Low back pain in pregnancy
  • Lumbar ache - renal
  • Mechanical low back pain
  • Obstetric pain
  • Pain in coccyx
  • Pain in left lumbar region of back
  • Pain in lumbar region on palpation
  • Pain in right lumbar region of back
  • Pain in sacrum
  • Pain radiating to lumbar region of back
  • Posterior compartment low back pain
  • Postural low back pain
  • Sacral back pain
  • Sacrocoxalgia
  • Tenderness of left lumbar region of back
  • Tenderness of right lumbar region of back

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code M54.50 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Medical Back Problems With Mcc (551)
  • Medical Back Problems Without Mcc (552)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code M54.50 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Loin pain
    • Lumbago NOS

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
M54 Dorsalgia
M54.0 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
M54.00 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified
M54.01 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region
M54.02 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region
M54.03 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region
M54.04 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region
M54.05 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region
M54.06 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region
M54.07 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region
M54.08 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
M54.09 Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine
M54.1 Radiculopathy
M54.10 Radiculopathy, site unspecified
M54.11 Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
M54.12 Radiculopathy, cervical region
M54.13 Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
M54.14 Radiculopathy, thoracic region
M54.15 Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region
M54.16 Radiculopathy, lumbar region
M54.17 Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
M54.18 Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
M54.2 Cervicalgia
M54.3 Sciatica
M54.30 Sciatica, unspecified side
M54.31 Sciatica, right side
M54.32 Sciatica, left side
M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica
M54.40 Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side
M54.41 Lumbago with sciatica, right side
M54.42 Lumbago with sciatica, left side
M54.5 Low back pain
M54.51 Vertebrogenic low back pain
M54.59 Other low back pain
M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine
M54.8 Other dorsalgia
M54.81 Occipital neuralgia
M54.89 Other dorsalgia
M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023