kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M53.9

Dorsopathy, unspecified

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
      • M53 Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
        • M53.0 Cervicocranial syndrome
        • M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome
        • M53.2 Spinal instabilities
        • M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified
        • M53.8 Other specified dorsopathies
        • M53.9 Dorsopathy, unspecified

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes 1

M50-M54

  • current injury - see injury of spine by body region
  • discitis NOS (M46.4-)
    • M46.4 Discitis, unspecified

Excludes 2

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

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