Section
M54.5
Low back pain
Hierarchy
Notes
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Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes 1
M54.5
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intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only (M51.360)
- M51.360 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only
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intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only (M51.370)
- M51.370 Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only
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low back strain (S39.012)
- S39.012 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back
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lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
- M51.2 Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement
- M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica
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psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
- F45.41 Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors
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current injury - see injury of spine by body region
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discitis NOS (M46.4-)
- M46.4 Discitis, unspecified
Excludes 2
- L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)