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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

M54.50

Low back pain, unspecified

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where M54.50 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. M54 Dorsalgia
  2. M54.5 Parent Low back pain
  3. M54.50 This code Low back pain, unspecified

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Inclusion Terms

Loin pain

Inclusion Terms

Lumbago NOS

Excludes1

intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only ( M51.360 )

Inherited from M54.5 — Low back pain

Excludes1

psychogenic dorsalgia ( F45.41 )

Inherited from M54 — Dorsalgia

Excludes1

intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only ( M51.370 )

Inherited from M54.5 — Low back pain

Excludes1

low back strain ( S39.012 )

Inherited from M54.5 — Low back pain

Excludes1

lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement ( M51.2- )

Inherited from M54.5 — Low back pain

Excludes1

lumbago with sciatica ( M54.4- )

Inherited from M54.5 — Low back pain

Version History

How M54.50 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Low back pain, unspecified

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Low back pain, unspecified

Related Codes

Other codes under M54.5

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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