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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M53
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M53
Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- M53 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M53 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M53 - other international versions of ICD-10 M53 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M53 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
M53:
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to M53:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M53
M51.86 Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbar region
M51.87 Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbosacral region
M51.9 Unspecified thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorder
M51.A Other lumbar and lumbosacral annulus fibrosus disc defects
M51.A0 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbar region, unspecified size
M51.A1 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbar region
M51.A2 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbar region
M51.A3 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, lumbosacral region, unspecified size
M51.A4 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, small, lumbosacral region
M51.A5 Intervertebral annulus fibrosus defect, large, lumbosacral region
M53
Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
M53.0 Cervicocranial syndrome
M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome
M53.2 Spinal instabilities
M53.2X1 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
