Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region

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-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Disorder > spine
Disorder > low back
Rigid, rigidity > spine
Derangement > low back NEC
Disorder > neck region NEC
Disorder > spine > specified NEC
Disease, diseased > spine > joint
Disease, diseased > joint > spine NEC
Dorsopathy > specified NEC > cervicothoracic region

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M53.80	Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified	Valid
M53.81	Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid
M53.82	Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region	Valid
M53.84	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region	Valid
M53.85	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region	Valid
M53.86	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region	Valid
M53.87	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region	Valid
M53.88	Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid