Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

M54

M54.0 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back

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Codes under this one

  • M54.00 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified
  • M54.01 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region
  • M54.02 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region
  • M54.03 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region
  • M54.04 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region
  • M54.05 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region
  • M54.06 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region
  • M54.07 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region
  • M54.08 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
  • M54.09 Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

M54

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
  • panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
  • relapsing [Weber-Christian] panniculitis (M35.6)

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M40-M54 Dorsopathies (M40-M54)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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