ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54

M53 Other dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

48 codes under M53 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 41 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
Code	Description	Use	Benefits
M53	Other dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified	Heading only	—
M53.0	Cervicocranial syndrome	Heading only	—
M53.00	Cervicocranial syndrome, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.01	Cervicocranial syndrome, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.02	Cervicocranial syndrome, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.03	Cervicocranial syndrome, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.09	Cervicocranial syndrome, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.1	Cervicobrachial syndrome	Heading only	—
M53.10	Cervicobrachial syndrome, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.11	Cervicobrachial syndrome, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.12	Cervicobrachial syndrome, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.13	Cervicobrachial syndrome, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.19	Cervicobrachial syndrome, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.2	Spinal instabilities	Heading only	—
M53.20	Spinal instabilities, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.21	Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.22	Spinal instabilities, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.23	Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.24	Spinal instabilities, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.25	Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.26	Spinal instabilities, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.27	Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.28	Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.29	Spinal instabilities, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.3	Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified	Heading only	—
M53.38	Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.8	Other specified dorsopathies	Heading only	—
M53.80	Other specified dorsopathies, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.81	Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.82	Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.83	Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.84	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.85	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.86	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.87	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.88	Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.89	Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.9	Dorsopathy, unspecified	Heading only	—
M53.90	Dorsopathy, unspecified, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.91	Dorsopathy, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.92	Dorsopathy, unspecified, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.93	Dorsopathy, unspecified, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.94	Dorsopathy, unspecified, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.95	Dorsopathy, unspecified, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.96	Dorsopathy, unspecified, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.97	Dorsopathy, unspecified, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.98	Dorsopathy, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M53.99	Dorsopathy, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.

This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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