M53.3

Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific

M53.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Coccygodynia

Includes (from M53)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region (from M53)
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-) (from M53)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M53)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M53)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M53)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M53)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M53)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M53)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M53)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M53)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M53)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M53)

Also known as

  • Coccygodynia
  • Backache, sacroiliac
  • Change, sacroiliac joint
  • Coccydynia, coccygodynia
  • Degeneration, degenerative, intervertebral disc, sacrococcygeal region
  • Destruction, destructive, joint, sacroiliac
  • Disease, diseased, joint, sacroiliac
  • Disease, diseased, sacroiliac NEC
  • Disorder, coccyx NEC
  • Disorder, disc, specified NEC, sacrococcygeal region
  • Disorder, sacrum, sacrococcygeal NEC
  • Displacement, displaced, intervertebral disc NEC, sacrococcygeal region
  • Lesion, joint, sacroiliac
  • Lesion, sacroiliac
  • Pain, coccyx
  • Pain, sacroiliac

Parent code

  • M53Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • M53.0Cervicocranial syndromeBillable
  • M53.1Cervicobrachial syndromeBillable
  • M53.2Spinal instabilitiesHeader
  • M53.8Other specified dorsopathiesHeader
  • M53.9Dorsopathy, unspecifiedBillable

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