M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Coccygodynia

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)
• 724.70 Unspecified disorder of coccyx (approximate)
• 724.79 Other disorders of coccyx (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M53.3

Back-references to M53.3

• Type 2 Excludes: M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders ("sacral and sacrococcygeal disorders (M53.3)")

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M53.3

• Backache (postural) › sacroiliac
• Change (s) (in) (of) › sacroiliac joint
• Coccydynia, coccygodynia
• Degeneration, degenerative › intervertebral disc › sacrococcygeal region
• Destruction, destructive › joint › sacroiliac
• Disease, diseased › joint › sacroiliac
• Disease, diseased › sacroiliac NEC
• Disorder (of) › coccyx NEC
• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › with › myelopathy › sacrococcygeal region
• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › with › radiculopathy › sacrococcygeal region
• Disorder (of) › disc (intervertebral) › specified NEC › sacrococcygeal region
• Disorder (of) › sacrum, sacrococcygeal NEC
• Displacement, displaced › intervertebral disc NEC › sacrococcygeal region
• Lesion (s) (nontraumatic) › joint › sacroiliac (old)
• Lesion (s) (nontraumatic) › sacroiliac (joint) (old)
• Pain (s) › coccyx
• Pain (s) › sacroiliac
• Sacralgia
• Sacrodynia
• Schmorl's disease or nodes › sacrococcygeal region

Nearby codes

• 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
• M53.2X9 Spinal instabilities, site unspecified
• M53.3 Sacrococcygeal disorders, not elsewhere classified (this code)
• M53.8 Other specified dorsopathies
• M53.80 Other specified dorsopathies, site unspecified
• M53.81 Other specified dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region
• M53.82 Other specified dorsopathies, cervical region
• M53.83 Other specified dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region