M54.3

Sciatica

Non-billable header

M54.3 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only (M51.361)
intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only (M51.371)
lesion of sciatic nerve (G57.0)
sciatica due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)
sciatica with lumbago (M54.4-)
current injury - see injury of spine by body region (from M54)
discitis NOS (M46.4-) (from M54)
psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41) (from M54)

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)