M53: Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

Codes under M53 (Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
M53.0	Cervicocranial syndrome	✓
M53.1	Cervicobrachial syndrome	✓
M53.2	Spinal instabilities	—
M53.2X	Spinal instabilities	—
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	✓
M53.2X8	Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	✓
M53.2X9	Spinal instabilities, site unspecified	✓
M53.3	Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified	✓
M53.8	Other specified dorsopathies	—
M53.9	Dorsopathy, unspecified	✓
M53.80	Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified	✓
M53.81	Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region	✓
M53.82	Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region	✓
M53.83	Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region	✓
M53.84	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracic region	✓
M53.85	Other specified dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region	✓
M53.86	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbar region	✓
M53.87	Other specified dorsopathies, lumbosacral region	✓
M53.88	Other specified dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region	✓

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