M54.0

Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back

Non-billable header

M54.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M54)

  • 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.

  • lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
  • panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
  • relapsing [Weber-Christian] panniculitis (M35.6)
  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region (from M54)
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-) (from M54)
  • psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41) (from M54)

Excludes2

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

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M54)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M54)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M54)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M54)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M54)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M54)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M54)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M54)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M54)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M54)

Parent code

  • M54DorsalgiaHeader

More specific codes M54.0

  • M54.00Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecifiedBillable
  • M54.01Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
  • M54.02Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical regionBillable
  • M54.03Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic regionBillable
  • M54.04Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic regionBillable
  • M54.05Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar regionBillable
  • M54.06Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar regionBillable
  • M54.07Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral regionBillable
  • M54.08Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable
  • M54.09Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spineBillable

Related codes

  • M54.1RadiculopathyHeader
  • M54.2CervicalgiaBillable
  • M54.3SciaticaHeader
  • M54.4Lumbago with sciaticaHeader
  • M54.5Low back painHeader
  • M54.6Pain in thoracic spineBillable
  • M54.8Other dorsalgiaHeader
  • M54.9Dorsalgia, unspecifiedBillable

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