ICD-10-CM · Chapter 13 · M00-M99
M54 Dorsalgia
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
Subcodes
Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| M54..0 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back | No |
| M54..00 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified | Yes |
| M54..01 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Yes |
| M54..02 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region | Yes |
| M54..03 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region | Yes |
| M54..04 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region | Yes |
| M54..05 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region | Yes |
| M54..06 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region | Yes |
| M54..07 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region | Yes |
| M54..08 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Yes |
| M54..09 | Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine | Yes |
| M54..1 | Radiculopathy | No |
| M54..10 | Radiculopathy, site unspecified | Yes |
| M54..11 | Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Yes |
| M54..12 | Radiculopathy, cervical region | Yes |
| M54..13 | Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region | Yes |
| M54..14 | Radiculopathy, thoracic region | Yes |
| M54..15 | Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region | Yes |
| M54..16 | Radiculopathy, lumbar region | Yes |
| M54..17 | Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region | Yes |
| M54..18 | Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Yes |
| M54..2 | Cervicalgia | Yes |
| M54..3 | Sciatica | No |
| M54..30 | Sciatica, unspecified side | Yes |
| M54..31 | Sciatica, right side | Yes |
| M54..32 | Sciatica, left side | Yes |
| M54..4 | Lumbago with sciatica | No |
| M54..40 | Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side | Yes |
| M54..41 | Lumbago with sciatica, right side | Yes |
| M54..42 | Lumbago with sciatica, left side | Yes |
| M54..5 | Low back pain | No |
| M54..50 | Low back pain, unspecified | Yes |
| M54..51 | Vertebrogenic low back pain | Yes |
| M54..59 | Other low back pain | Yes |
| M54..6 | Pain in thoracic spine | Yes |
| M54..8 | Other dorsalgia | No |
| M54..81 | Occipital neuralgia | Yes |
| M54..89 | Other dorsalgia | Yes |
| M54..9 | Dorsalgia, unspecified | Yes |
Plain-language terms for this code
The following entries in the US Medical Glossary correspond to ICD-10-CM category M54:
Last reviewed: September 2026