Medical Code Search: "dorsalgia"
Results for “dorsalgia” from ICD-10-CM. Code titles and billable status are read from the published releases.
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Concept
What MedCoder took the search to mean, which registry answered first, and why these codes are shown.
What MedCoder understood
- You searched
- dorsalgia
- Primary registry
- ICD-10-CM
- Understood as a diagnosis or condition search, so ICD-10-CM is ranked first.
Recommended codes
The codes the published release carries for each pathway, each with the official evidence for the match.
Best matches
Exact title · The official description is the searched wording
Why this matched
- The official description is the searched wording.
- The official description is the searched wording
- The tabular carries it at category level.
- 39 codes below, 33 billable in the tabular hierarchy.
39 codes below, 33 billable
- M54.0Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and backNot billable
- M54.1RadiculopathyNot billable
- M54.2CervicalgiaBillable
- M54.3SciaticaNot billable
- M54.4Lumbago with sciaticaNot billable
- M54.5Low back painNot billable
Under M54 Dorsalgia
Index / inclusion term · Alphabetic Index: Dorsalgia
Why this matched
- Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index: “Dorsalgia”
- Sits under M54 Dorsalgia in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at billable code level.
Under M54 Dorsalgia
Title match · Official description matches the search terms
Why this matched
- The official description contains the search terms.
- Sits under M54 Dorsalgia in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at subcategory level.
- 2 codes below, all billable in the tabular hierarchy.
2 codes below, all billable
- M54.81Occipital neuralgiaBillable
- M54.89Other dorsalgiaBillable
Under M54 Dorsalgia
Title match · Official description matches the search terms
Why this matched
- The official description contains the search terms.
- Sits under M54 Dorsalgia in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at billable code level.
Under M54 Dorsalgia
Index / inclusion term · Excludes1 note at M54.8 names this code: “dorsalgia in thoracic region”
Why this matched
- An official excludes1 note at M54.8 names this code: “dorsalgia in thoracic region”
- Sits under M54 Dorsalgia in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at billable code level.
Related codes
Secondary possibilities: neighbouring concepts, the primary code’s own tabular relationships, and every registry’s complete results.
Explore M54
M54 Dorsalgia — what its code page carries, from the official tables.
Related concepts, from M54's tabular notes
ICD-10-CM: 6 matches
5 of them are shown above under Best matches.
Official source
Code titles, billable status and tabular instructions on this page are read from the published release files in force today: ICD-10-CM FY2027 (CMS and CDC). Open a code to see its official instructions quoted as published, the release and file it came from, its relationships and its change history. A search result is MedCoder’s match of your words to those files, not a code assignment.