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M54.5 - Low back pain


The ICD 10 Code for Low back pain is listed as M54.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: M54.5
Description: Low back pain
  • Loin pain
  • Lumbago NOS
  • Excludes1: low back strain (S39.012)
  • lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
  • lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
551 - Medical Back Problems W Mcc
552 - Medical Back Problems W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Block Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
Parent M54 - Dorsalgia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 724.2 - Lumbago
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M54.5:
M54.0 - Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
M54.1 - Radiculopathy
M54.2 - Cervicalgia
M54.3 - Sciatica
M54.4 - Lumbago with sciatica
M54.6 - Pain in thoracic spine
M54.8 - Other dorsalgia
M54.9 - Dorsalgia, unspecified