M53.8

Other specified dorsopathies

Non-billable header

M53.8 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

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)

Parent code

  • M53Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

More specific codes M53.8

  • M53.80Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecifiedBillable
  • M53.81Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
  • M53.82Other specified dorsopathies, cervical regionBillable
  • M53.83Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic regionBillable
  • M53.84Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic regionBillable
  • M53.85Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar regionBillable
  • M53.86Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar regionBillable
  • M53.87Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral regionBillable
  • M53.88Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable

Related codes

  • M53.0Cervicocranial syndromeBillable
  • M53.1Cervicobrachial syndromeBillable
  • M53.2Spinal instabilitiesHeader
  • M53.3Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • M53.9Dorsopathy, unspecifiedBillable

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