M53.2X
M53.2X — Spinal instabilities
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M53.2X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spinal instabilities. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M53.2X does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M53.2X
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M53.2X1Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M53.2X2Spinal instabilities, cervical region
- M53.2X3Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region
- M53.2X4Spinal instabilities, thoracic region
- M53.2X5Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region
- M53.2X6Spinal instabilities, lumbar region
- M53.2X7Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region
- M53.2X8Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M53.2X9Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
Questions about M53.2X
- Is M53.2X a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M53.2X is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M53.2X sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other dorsopathies (M50-M54).