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Diagnosis Code

M54.6 PAIN IN THORACIC SPINE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: M54.6

Short Description: Pain in thoracic spine

Long Description: Pain in thoracic spine

The code M54.6 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
    • Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
      • Dorsalgia (M54)
        • M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute chest pain
  • Acute thoracic back pain
  • Chronic chest pain
  • Chronic chest pain
  • Chronic thoracic back pain
  • Facet joint pain
  • Myofascial pain
  • Myofascial pain syndrome
  • Myofascial pain syndrome of thorax
  • Pain in thoracic spine
  • Pain on movement of thoracic spine
  • Thoracic back pain
  • Thoracic back pain
  • Thoracic facet joint pain
  • Thoracic spine - tender
  • Vertebral joint pain

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code M54.6 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Medical Back Problems With Mcc (551)
  • Medical Back Problems Without Mcc (552)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code M54.6 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • pain in thoracic spine due to intervertebral disc disorder (@M51*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
M54.6 Right Arrow 724.1 Pain in thoracic spine

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
M54 Dorsalgia
M54.0 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
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
M54.1 Radiculopathy
M54.10 Radiculopathy, site unspecified
M54.11 Radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region
M54.12 Radiculopathy, cervical region
M54.13 Radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region
M54.14 Radiculopathy, thoracic region
M54.15 Radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region
M54.16 Radiculopathy, lumbar region
M54.17 Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
M54.18 Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
M54.2 Cervicalgia
M54.3 Sciatica
M54.30 Sciatica, unspecified side
M54.31 Sciatica, right side
M54.32 Sciatica, left side
M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica
M54.40 Lumbago with sciatica, unspecified side
M54.41 Lumbago with sciatica, right side
M54.42 Lumbago with sciatica, left side
M54.5 Low back pain
M54.50 Low back pain, unspecified
M54.51 Vertebrogenic low back pain
M54.59 Other low back pain
M54.8 Other dorsalgia
M54.81 Occipital neuralgia
M54.89 Other dorsalgia
M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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