M54.5

Low back pain

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

M54M54.5

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with M54.5

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

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