M54.59

Other low back pain

Billable / specific

M54.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

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 discogenic back pain only (M51.360) (from M54.5)
intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only (M51.370) (from M54.5)
low back strain (S39.012) (from M54.5)
lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-) (from M54.5)
lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-) (from M54.5)
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)