M53.3 is the authoritative medical code for Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified (ICD-10-CM M53.3), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code M53.3. Inclusion terms: Coccygodynia. Excludes1 (not coded here): current injury - see injury of spine by body region; discitis NOS M46.4-.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M53.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS M46.4-
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with M53.3?
Per Excludes1 instructions, M53.3 must not be reported with: current injury - see injury of spine by body region; discitis NOS (M46.4-).
What conditions are included under M53.3?
Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified includes: Coccygodynia.
Codes in This Family (25)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as M53.3, with their registry titles.
- M53 — Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
- M53.0 — Cervicocranial syndrome
- M53.1 — Cervicobrachial syndrome
- M53.2 — Spinal instabilities
- M53.2X — Spinal instabilities
- M53.2X1 — Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M53.2X2 — Spinal instabilities, cervical region
- M53.2X3 — Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region
- M53.2X4 — Spinal instabilities, thoracic region
- M53.2X5 — Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region
- M53.2X6 — Spinal instabilities, lumbar region
- M53.2X7 — Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region
- M53.2X8 — Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M53.2X9 — Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
- M53.8 — Other specified dorsopathies
- M53.80 — Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified
- M53.81 — Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M53.82 — Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region
- M53.83 — Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region
- M53.84 — Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region
- M53.85 — Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region
- M53.86 — Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region
- M53.87 — Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region
- M53.88 — Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M53.9 — Dorsopathy, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (20)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Backache (postural), sacroiliac
- Change (s) (in) (of), sacroiliac joint
- Coccydynia, coccygodynia
- Degeneration, degenerative, intervertebral disc, sacrococcygeal region
- Destruction, destructive, joint, sacroiliac
- Disease, diseased, joint, sacroiliac
- Disease, diseased, sacroiliac NEC
- Disorder (of), coccyx NEC
- Disorder (of), disc (intervertebral), specified NEC, sacrococcygeal region
- Disorder (of), disc (intervertebral), with, myelopathy, sacrococcygeal region
- Disorder (of), disc (intervertebral), with, radiculopathy, sacrococcygeal region
- Disorder (of), sacrum, sacrococcygeal NEC
- Displacement, displaced, intervertebral disc NEC, sacrococcygeal region
- Lesion (s) (nontraumatic), joint, sacroiliac (old)
- Lesion (s) (nontraumatic), sacroiliac (joint) (old)
- Pain (s), coccyx
- Pain (s), sacroiliac
- Sacralgia
- Sacrodynia
- Schmorl's disease or nodes, sacrococcygeal region
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ICD Code M51.3
Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration