ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M50-M54 › M54.5 Low back pain › M54.51
M54.51
Vertebrogenic low back pain
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.
- FY2022 Added to the code set Vertebrogenic low back pain
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 M54 Dorsalgia
Excludes1 - never coded here
- psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
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.
- Pain
- Syndrome > vertebrogenic
- Pain > vertebral end plate
- Syndrome > complex regional pain
- Pain > vertebrogenic > lumbar
- Pain > low back > vertebrogenic
- Pain > vertebrogenic > low back
- Pain > lumbar region > vertebrogenic
- Pain > low back > vertebral end plate
- Pain > lumbar region > vertebral end plate
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M54.50 | Low back pain, unspecified | Valid |
| M54.59 | Other low back pain | Valid |