ICD-10 code for dorsopathy

The ICD-10-CM code for dorsopathy is M53.9 (Dorsopathy, unspecified). The official index lists 10 more specific codes, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on M53.9.

Within M53, choose M53.9 (Dorsopathy, unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: Cervicocranial syndrome (M53.0), Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1), spinal instabilities (M53.2), sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified (M53.3) and other specified dorsopathies (M53.8).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 551 (Medical Back Problems with MCC, relative weight 1.6358) and DRG 552 (Medical Back Problems without MCC, relative weight 0.9584), in MDC 08 (Diseases and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.