M54.5

Non-Billable

ChapterM00–M99

Ranksubcategory

Official Description

Low back pain

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

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-)

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

M50-M54Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

M54Dorsalgia

M54.5Low back pain

M54.50Low back pain, unspecified

M54.51Vertebrogenic low back pain

M54.59Other low back pain

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M54.5:

categoryM54

Dorsalgia

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blockM50-M54

Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

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chapterCH13

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to M54.5. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

14 raw paths

Low1 unique routes

back syndrome→M54.5

Lumbago, lumbalgia1 unique routes

Direct index entry→M54.5

Pain (s)11 unique routes

loin→M54.5

low back→M54.5(4 variants)

specified NEC→M54.5

vertebral end plate→M54.5

vertebrogenic→M54.5

lumbar region→M54.5(3 variants)