M54.1

M54.1: Radiculopathy

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M54.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for radiculopathy. 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.

neuralgia and neuritis NOS (M79.2)
radiculopathy with cervical disc disorder (M50.1)
radiculopathy with lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)
radiculopathy with spondylosis (M47.2-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS
Lumbar neuritis or radiculitis NOS
Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis NOS
Thoracic neuritis or radiculitis NOS
Radiculitis NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M54.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M54: Dorsalgia

psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)

Other codes that can never be billed with M54.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

G54Nerve root and plexus disorders
G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
M51.1Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
M79.2Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
R52Pain, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

The condition this code belongs to

Low back pain ICD-10 codes

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M54.1

9 child codes. Green means billable.