ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M40-M54

M54 Dorsalgia

78 codes under M54 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 68 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
M54	Dorsalgia	Heading only	—
M54.0	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back	Heading only	—
M54.00	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.01	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.02	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.03	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.04	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.05	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.06	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.07	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.08	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.09	Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.1	Radiculopathy	Heading only	—
M54.10	Radiculopathy, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.11	Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.12	Radiculopathy, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.13	Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.14	Radiculopathy, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.15	Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.16	Radiculopathy, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.17	Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.18	Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.19	Radiculopathy, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.2	Cervicalgia	Heading only	—
M54.20	Cervicalgia, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.21	Cervicalgia, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.22	Cervicalgia, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.23	Cervicalgia, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.29	Cervicalgia, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.3	Sciatica	Heading only	—
M54.30	Sciatica, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.35	Sciatica, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.36	Sciatica, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.37	Sciatica, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.38	Sciatica, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.39	Sciatica, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.4	Lumbago with sciatica	Heading only	—
M54.40	Lumbago with sciatica, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.45	Lumbago with sciatica, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.46	Lumbago with sciatica, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.47	Lumbago with sciatica, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.48	Lumbago with sciatica, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.49	Lumbago with sciatica, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.5	Low back pain	Heading only	—
M54.50	Low back pain, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.55	Low back pain, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.56	Low back pain, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.57	Low back pain, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.58	Low back pain, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.59	Low back pain, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.6	Pain in thoracic spine	Heading only	—
M54.60	Pain in thoracic spine, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.63	Pain in thoracic spine, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.64	Pain in thoracic spine, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.65	Pain in thoracic spine, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.69	Pain in thoracic spine, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.8	Other dorsalgia	Heading only	—
M54.80	Other dorsalgia, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.81	Other dorsalgia, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.82	Other dorsalgia, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.83	Other dorsalgia, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.84	Other dorsalgia, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.85	Other dorsalgia, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.86	Other dorsalgia, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.87	Other dorsalgia, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.88	Other dorsalgia, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.89	Other dorsalgia, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.9	Dorsalgia, unspecified	Heading only	—
M54.90	Dorsalgia, unspecified, multiple sites in spine	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.91	Dorsalgia, unspecified, occipito-atlanto-axial region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.92	Dorsalgia, unspecified, cervical region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.93	Dorsalgia, unspecified, cervicothoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.94	Dorsalgia, unspecified, thoracic region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.95	Dorsalgia, unspecified, thoracolumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.96	Dorsalgia, unspecified, lumbar region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.97	Dorsalgia, unspecified, lumbosacral region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.98	Dorsalgia, unspecified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	Valid · may be primary	—
M54.99	Dorsalgia, 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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