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ICD-10-CM Code for Low back pain, unspecified M54.50

ICD-10 code M54.50 for Low back pain, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .

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Low back pain, unspecified
Loin pain
Lumbago NOS

M54.5

Excludes1: intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only (M51.360)
intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only (M51.370)
low back strain (S39.012)
lumbago due to intervertebral disc displacement (M51.2-)
lumbago with sciatica (M54.4-)

M54

Excludes1: psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)

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