M54.8
M54.8: Other dorsalgia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M54.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other dorsalgia. 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 M54.8
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 M54.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.