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M53

Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • M53.0 Cervicocranial syndrome
  • M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome
  • M53.2 Spinal instabilities (also a header)
  • M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified
  • M53.8 Other specified dorsopathies (also a header)
  • M53.9 Dorsopathy, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the M50-M54 section Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)