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M54.3

Non-Billable (Header)

Sciatica

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only (M51.361)
  • intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only (M51.371)
  • lesion of sciatic nerve (G57.0)
  • sciatica due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)
  • sciatica with lumbago (M54.4-)

Child Codes

M54.30Sciatica, unspecified side
M54.31Sciatica, right side
M54.32Sciatica, left side

Code Hierarchy

└M54Dorsalgia└M54.3Sciatica
└M54.3Sciatica

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