M54.50 Low back pain, unspecified
ICD-10-CM · CMS code reference
M54.50 is low back pain, unspecified. The M54.5 category was expanded in 2021, so M54.5 by itself is no longer billable.
Coding notes
From the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) tabular list. Notes on a parent code or category apply here too.
Also covers
- Loin pain
- Lumbago NOS
Excludes1
Not coded together with this code. The exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other.
- 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-)
- psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
- current injury - see injury of spine by body region
- discitis NOS (M46.4-)
Related codes
M54.32Sciatica, left side ICD-10-CMM54.40Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side ICD-10-CMM54.41Lumbago with sciatica, right side ICD-10-CMM54.42Lumbago with sciatica, left side ICD-10-CMM54.51Vertebrogenic low back pain ICD-10-CMM54.59Other low back pain ICD-10-CMM54.6Pain in thoracic spine ICD-10-CMM54.81Occipital neuralgia ICD-10-CM
Common questions
Is M54.50 a billable code?
Yes. M54.50 is a billable ICD-10-CM code in the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) code set.