M54.0
Header — not billablePanniculitis affecting regions of neck and back
The ICD-10 code for panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back is M54.0.
M54.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M54.0
- M54.00Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, site unspecified
- M54.01Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M54.02Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervical region
- M54.03Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, cervicothoracic region
- M54.04Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracic region
- M54.05Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, thoracolumbar region
- M54.06Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbar region
- M54.07Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, lumbosacral region
- M54.08Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M54.09Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back, multiple sites in spine
Related codes in this category
- M54.1Radiculopathynon-billable header
- M54.2Cervicalgia
- M54.3Sciaticanon-billable header
- M54.4Lumbago with sciaticanon-billable header
- M54.5Low back painnon-billable header
- M54.6Pain in thoracic spine
- M54.8Other dorsalgianon-billable header
- M54.9Dorsalgia, unspecified
- M54.0Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and backnon-billable header