M53.2X8 Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 551-552 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 724.6 Disorders of sacrum (approximate)
• 724.71 Hypermobility of coccyx (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M53.2X8

Back-references to M53.2

• Type 2 Excludes: M25.3 Other instability of joint ("spinal instabilities (M53.2-)")

Back-references to M53

• Type 1 Excludes: G55 Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere ("nerve root compression (due to) (in) dorsopathies (M53.-, M54.-)")

Nearby codes

• 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 (this code)
• M53.2X9 Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
• M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified
• M53.8 Other specified dorsopathies
• M53.80 Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified
• M53.81 Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region