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M54.5

Non-Billable (Header)

Low back pain

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • 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-)

Child Codes

M54.50Low back pain, unspecified
M54.51Vertebrogenic low back pain
M54.59Other low back pain

Code Hierarchy

└M54Dorsalgia└M54.5Low back pain
└M54.5Low back pain

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