M54.3
Sciatica
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 16 never code together
M54.3code
Excludes1
- intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only (M51.361)M51.361M51.361
- intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only (M51.371)M51.371M51.371
- lesion of sciatic nerve (G57.0)G57.0G57.0
- sciatica due to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1-)M51.1-M51.1-
- sciatica with lumbago (M54.4-)M54.4-M54.4-
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
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M54
Subordinate codes 3
Additional references
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