M54.50
BillableLow back pain, unspecified
Low back pain, unspecified
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Loin pain
- Lumbago NOS
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
- psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
- intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only (M51.360)
- intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only (M51.370)
- low back strain (S39.012)
- lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
- lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Sacrocoxalgia3200003
- Coccyalgia34789001
- Coccydynia34789001
- Coccygalgia34789001
- Coccyodynia34789001
- Pain in coccyx34789001
- Hieralgia61486003
- Sacral back pain61486003
- Sacrodynia61486003
- Posterior compartment low back pain247368002
- Lumbar ache - renal267067009
- Pain in lumbar spine267982002
- Loin pain271857006
- CLBP - chronic low back pain278860009
- Chronic low back pain278860009
- Acute back pain - lumbar278862001
- Acute low back pain278862001
- LBP - Low back pain279039007
- Low back pain279039007
- Low back syndrome279039007
- Lumbago279039007
- Lumbalgia279039007
- Lumbar pain279039007
- Nonspecific pain in the lumbar region279039007
- Mechanical low back pain279040009
- Postural low back pain300957005
- Pain radiating to lumbar region of back427475007
- Chronic primary musculoskeletal pain762591005
- Pain in lumbar region on palpation838412000
- Tenderness of left lumbar region of back1119213008
- Tenderness of right lumbar region of back1119214002
- Pain in left lumbar region of back1119215001
- Pain in right lumbar region of back1119216000
- Pain in sacrum1156105001
- Chronic primary low back pain38781000087100
- Intractable low back pain29930001000004103
- Low back pain in pregnancy9121000119106
UMLS
- Ache, Low BackC0024031
- Aches, Low BackC0024031
- Back Ache, LowC0024031
- Back Aches, LowC0024031
- Back Pain, LowC0024031
- Back Pain, LowerC0024031
- Back Pains, LowC0024031
- Back Pains, LowerC0024031
- Backache, LowC0024031
- Backaches, LowC0024031
- LBP - Low back painC0024031
- Low Back AcheC0024031
- Low Back AchesC0024031
- Low Back PainC0024031
- Low Back PainsC0024031
- Low BackacheC0024031
- Low BackachesC0024031
- Low back acheC0024031
- Low back painC0024031
- Low back pain (finding)C0024031
- Low back syndromeC0024031
- Lower Back PainC0024031
- Lower Back PainsC0024031
- Lower back painC0024031
- LumbagoC0024031
- Lumbago NOSC0024031
- LumbalgiaC0024031
- Lumbar painC0024031
- Nonspecific pain in the lumbar regionC0024031
- Pain, Low BackC0024031
- Pain, Lower BackC0024031
- Pains, Low BackC0024031
- Pains, Lower BackC0024031
- low back painC0024031
- low back painsC0024031
- low backacheC0024031
- lower back painC0024031
- lower back painsC0024031
- lumbagoC0024031
- lumbalgiaC0024031
- lumbar painC0024031
- lumbar painsC0024031
- Loin painC0235632
- Loin pain (finding)C0235632
- Pain loinC0235632
- loin painC0235632
- Low back pain, unspecifiedC5539323
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for low back pain, unspecified?
The ICD-10-CM code for low back pain, unspecified is M54.50. The full clinical description is "Low back pain, unspecified". M54.50 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code M54.50 mean?
ICD-10-CM code M54.50 represents "Low back pain, unspecified". It is classified under Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is M54.50 a billable code?
Yes, M54.50 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is M54.50 in?
M54.50 is in Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (codes M00-M99).
What codes cannot be used with M54.50?
M54.50 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: current injury - see injury of spine by body region; discitis NOS (M46.4-); psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41); and 5 more.
What SNOMED CT codes does M54.50 map to?
M54.50 maps to 23 SNOMED CT concepts: 278862001, 278860009, 38781000087100, 762591005, 34789001, and 18 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for M54.50?
M54.50 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0024031, C0235632, C5539323. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Automate ICD-10 Coding With AI
Send clinical text to the AutoICD API and get back structured ICD-10 codes with confidence scores. Integrates into any EHR or billing system in minutes.
Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.