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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.51
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.51
Vertebrogenic low back pain
2022 - New Code 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- M54.51 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M54.51 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M54.51 - other international versions of ICD-10 M54.51 may differ.
Applicable To- Low back vertebral endplate pain
The following code(s) above
M54.51 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
M54.51:
- M00-M99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissueNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- M50-M54
2023 ICD-10-CM Range M50-M54
Other dorsopathiesType 1 Excludes- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
- M54
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54
Dorsalgia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
- M54.5
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.5
Low back pain
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 - Converted to Parent Code 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- low back strain (S39.012)
- lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
- lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-)
- 551 Medical back problems with mcc
- 552 Medical back problems without mcc
Code History
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): New code
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- Pain(s) R52 - see also Painful
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R52
Pain, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Acute pain NOS
- Generalized pain NOS
- Pain NOS
- low back M54.50
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.50
Low back pain, unspecified
2022 - New Code 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- vertebral end plate M54.51
- vertebrogenic M54.51
- lumbar region M54.50
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.50
Low back pain, unspecified
2022 - New Code 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- vertebral end plate M54.51
- vertebrogenic M54.51
- vertebrogenic M54.89
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.89
Other dorsalgia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- low back M54.51
- lumbar M54.51
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M54.51
M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica
M54.51
Vertebrogenic low back pain
M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine
M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified
M60.00 Infective myositis, unspecified site
M60.000 Infective myositis, unspecified right arm
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
