Diagnosis Code

M54.2 CERVICALGIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: M54.2

Short Description: Cervicalgia

Long Description: Cervicalgia

The code M54.2 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
    • Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
      • Dorsalgia (M54)
        • M54.2 Cervicalgia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Axis pressure pain
  • Bone tenderness
  • Cervical facet joint pain
  • Cervical spine tender
  • Cervical spinous process tenderness
  • Cervico-occipital neuralgia
  • Chronic neck pain
  • Chronic neck pain
  • Chronic neck pain
  • Chronic neck pain for greater than 3 months
  • Facet joint pain
  • Finding of sensation of musculoskeletal structure of neck
  • Finding of sensation of musculoskeletal structure of neck
  • Finding of sensation of musculoskeletal structure of neck
  • Finding of sensation of thyroid gland
  • Myofascial neck pain
  • Myofascial pain
  • Myofascial pain syndrome
  • Myofascial pain syndrome of neck
  • Neck pain
  • Neck pain aggravated by recumbency
  • Neck pain co-occurrent with neck stiffness following whiplash injury to neck
  • Neck pain co-occurrent with neurological deficit following whiplash injury to neck
  • Neck pain co-occurrent with tenderness of neck following whiplash injury to neck
  • Neurological deficit
  • Nuchal pain
  • Pain and tenderness
  • Pain in cervical spine
  • Pain in thyroid
  • Pain of endocrine structure
  • Pain of head and neck region
  • Pain on movement of cervical spine
  • Pain radiating to neck
  • Stiff neck
  • Tenderness of endocrine structure
  • Tenderness of head and neck region
  • Tenderness of neck
  • Tenderness of neck
  • Tenderness of neck
  • Tenderness of thyroid
  • Vertebral joint pain

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code M54.2 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 M54.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • cervicalgia due to intervertebral cervical disc disorder (@M50*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
M54.2 Right Arrow 723.1 Cervicalgia

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
M54.3 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
M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine
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