M53.2X8
Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
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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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
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Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
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Alongside this code 8 same parent — M53.2X
M53.2X1 Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region M53.2X2 Spinal instabilities, cervical region M53.2X3 Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region M53.2X4 Spinal instabilities, thoracic region M53.2X5 Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region M53.2X6 Spinal instabilities, lumbar region M53.2X7 Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region M53.2X9 Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
Additional references
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