M53
M53: Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M53
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M53
6 child codes. Green means billable.