M43.5X6
Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, lumbar region
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 19 never code together
M43code
Excludes1
- congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2)Q76.2
- hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4)Q76.3-Q76.4
- Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1)Q76.1
- lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4)Q76.4
- platyspondylisis (Q76.4)Q76.4
- spina bifida occulta (Q76.0)Q76.0
- spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-)M80.-
- spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-)M88.-
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 1 filed at M43.5
Alongside this code 7 same parent — M43.5X
M43.5X2 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, cervical region M43.5X3 Oth recurrent vertebral dislocation, cervicothoracic region M43.5X4 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, thoracic region M43.5X5 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, thoracolumbar region M43.5X7 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, lumbosacral region M43.5X8 Oth recurrent vertebral dislocation, sacr/sacrocygl region M43.5X9 Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, site unspecified
Additional references
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