M54.0
M54.0: Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M54.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with M54.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M54.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M54.00Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified
- M54.01Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M54.02Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region
- M54.03Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region
- M54.04Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region
- M54.05Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region
- M54.06Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region
- M54.07Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region
- M54.08Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M54.09Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine