FY2025
Effective from
- Code-level rules changed
Sciatica
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2025psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2025
Effective from
Sciatica
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2025| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | Code-level rules changed |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41)
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M54.0 | Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and back | Category · further specificity required |
| M54.1 | Radiculopathy | Category · further specificity required |
| M54.2 | Cervicalgia | Billable / specific |
| M54.4 | Lumbago with sciatica | Category · further specificity required |
| M54.5 | Low back pain | Category · further specificity required |
| M54.6 | Pain in thoracic spine | Billable / specific |
| M54.8 | Other dorsalgia | Category · further specificity required |
| M54.9 | Dorsalgia, unspecified | Billable / specific |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · sciatica NOS (M54.3-)
Excludes 1 · sciatica NOS (M54.3)
Excludes 1 · sciatica (M54.3-M54.4)