Table 3.
ICD-10 and ICF Codes Associated With Low Back Pain
| International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problem (ICD) Codes | ||
| Acute and Sub Acute Low Back Pain with Mobility Deficits | ||
| M99.0 | Lumbosacral segmental/somatic dysfunction | |
| Acute, Sub Acute, and Chronic Low Back with Movement Coordination Impairments | ||
| M53.2 | Spinal instabilities | |
| Acute Low Back Pain with Related (Referred) Lower Extremity Pain | ||
| M40.3 | Flatback syndrome | |
| M51.2 | Other specified intervertebral disc displacement (Lumbago due to displacement of intervertebral disc) | |
| Acute, Sub Acute, and Chronic Low Back Pain with Radiating Pain | ||
| M54.1 | Lumbar radiculopathy (neuritis or radiculitis) | |
| M54.4 | Lumbago with sciatica | |
| Acute or Sub Acute Low Back Pain with Related Cognitive or Affective Tendencies | ||
| M54.5 | Low back pain | |
| G96.8 | Disorder of central nervous system, specified as central nervous system sensitivity to pain | |
| Chronic Low Back Pain with Related Generalized Pain | ||
| M54.5 | Low back pain | |
| G96.8 | Disorder of central nervous system, specified as central nervous system sensitivity to pain | |
| F45.4 | Persistent somatoform pain disorder | |
| International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Codes | ||
| Acute Low Back Pain with Mobility Deficits | ||
| Body functions: | b28013 | Pain in back |
| b28018 | Pain in body part, specified as pain in buttock, groin, and thigh | |
| b7101 | Mobility of several joints | |
| b7108 | Mobility of joint functions, specified as mobility in a vertebral segment | |
| Body structure: | s76001 | Thoracic vertebral column |
| s76002 | Lumbar vertebral column | |
| s7401 | Joints of pelvic region | |
| Activities and participation: | d4108 | Bending |
| Sub Acute Low Back Pain with Mobility Deficits | ||
| Body functions: | b28013 | Pain in back |
| b28018 | Pain in body part, specified as pain in buttock, groin, and thigh | |
| b7101 | Mobility of several joints | |
| b7108 | Mobility of joint functions, specified as mobility in a vertebral segment | |
| Body structure: | s76001 | Thoracic vertebral column |
| s76002 | Lumbar vertebral column | |
| s7401 | Joints of pelvic region | |
| s7402 | Muscles of pelvic region | |
| s75001 | Hip joint | |
| s75002 | Muscles of thigh | |
| s75003 | Ligaments and fascia of thigh | |
| Activities and participation: | d4108 | Bending |
| Acute Low Back Pain with Movement Coordination Impairments | ||
| Body functions: | b28013 | Pain in back |
| b28015 | Pain in lower limb | |
| b7601 | Control of complex voluntary movements | |
| Body structure: | s7601 | Muscles of trunk |
| s7602 | Ligaments and fasciae of trunk | |
| s7402 | Muscles of pelvic region | |
| Activities and participation: | d4106 | Shifting the body’s centre of gravity |
| d4158 | Maintaining a body position, specified as maintaining alignment of the trunk, pelvis and lower extremities such that the lumbar vertebral segments function in a neutral, or mid-range, position | |
| Sub Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain with Movement Coordination Impairments | ||
| Body functions: | b28013 | Pain in back |
| b28015 | Pain in lower limb | |
| b7601 | Control of complex voluntary movements | |
| Body structure: | s7601 | Muscles of trunk |
| s7602 | Ligaments and fasciae of trunk | |
| s7402 | Muscles of pelvic region | |
| s75001 | Hip joint | |
| s75002 | Muscles of thigh | |
| s75003 | Ligaments and fascia of thigh | |
| Activities and participation: | d4106 | Shifting the body’s centre of gravity |
| d4158 | Maintaining a body position, specified as maintaining alignment of the trunk, pelvis and lower extremities such that the lumbar vertebral segments function in a neutral, or mid-range, position | |
| d4153 | Maintaining a sitting position | |
| d4108 | Bending | |
| d4302 | Carrying in the arms | |
| d4303 | Carrying on shoulders, hip and back | |
| d5701 | Managing diet and fitness | |
| d2303 | Completing the daily routine | |
| d6402 | Cleaning living area | |
| d6601 | Assisting others in movement | |
| d9202 | Arts and culture | |
| e1151 | Assistive products and technology for personal use in daily living | |
| e1351 | Assistive products and technology for employment | |
| e1351 | Assistive products and technology for culture, recreation, and sport | |
| Acute Low Back Pain with Related (Referred) Lower Extremity Pain | ||
| Body functions: | 28013 | Pain in back |
| 28015 | Pain in lower limb | |
| b7101 | Mobility of several joints | |
| Body structure: | s76002 | Lumbar vertebral column |
| Activities and participation: | d4153 | Maintaining a sitting position |
| d4158 | Maintaining a body position, specified as maintaining the lumbar spine in an extended, or neutral position, such as when getting in and out of a sitting or standing position, or when lifting, carrying, or putting down objects | |
| Acute Low Back Pain with Radiating Pain | ||
| Body functions: | 28013 | Pain in back |
| b2803 | Radiating pain in a dermatome | |
| b789 | Movement functions, specified as mobility of the meninges, peripheral nerves and adjacent tissues | |
| Body structure: | s1201 | Spinal nerves |
| s130 | Structure of meninges | |
| Activities and participation: | d4108 | Bending |
| d4150 | Maintaining a lying position | |
| d4154 | Maintaining a standing position | |
| Sub Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain with Radiating Pain | ||
| Body functions: | 28013 | Pain in back |
| b2803 | Radiating pain in a dermatome | |
| b789 | Movement functions, specified as mobility of the meninges, peripheral nerves and adjacent tissues | |
| Body structure: | s1201 | Spinal nerves |
| s130 | Structure of meninges | |
| s75002 | Muscles of thigh | |
| s75003 | Ligaments and fascia of thigh | |
| Activities and participation: | d4108 | Bending |
| d4150 | Maintaining a lying position | |
| d4154 | Maintaining a standing position | |
| d4158 | Maintaining a body position, specified as maintaining a slump or long-sitting position | |
| d4751 | Driving motorized vehicles | |
| Acute or Sub Acute Low Back Pain with Related Cognitive or Affective Tendencies | ||
| Body functions: | b2703 | Sensitivity to a noxious stimulus (Sensory function of sensing painful or uncomfortable sensations) |
| b1522 | Range of emotion (Mental functions that produce the spectrum of experience of arousal of affect or feelings such as love, hate, anxiousness, sorrow, joy, fear and anger) | |
| b1608 | Thought functions, specified as the tendency to elaborate physical symptoms for cognitive/ideational reasons | |
| b1528 | Emotional functions, specified as the tendency to elaborate physical symptoms for emotional/affective reasons | |
| Body structure: | s1100 | Structure of cortical lobes |
| s1101 | Structure of midbrain | |
| s1102 | Structure of diencephalon | |
| s1103 | Basal ganglia and related structures | |
| s1104 | Structure of brainstem | |
| s1200 | Structure of spinal cord | |
| Activities and participation: | d2303 | Completing the daily routine |
| d5701 | Managing diet and fitness | |
| d129 | Purposeful sensory experiences, specified as repetitive perception of non-injurious sensory stimuli | |
| Chronic Low Back Pain with Related Generalized Pain | ||
| Body functions: | b2800 | Generalized pain(Sensation of unpleasant feeling indicating potential or actual damage to some body structure felt all over, or throughout the body) |
| b1520 | Appropriateness of emotion (Mental functions that produce congruence of feeling or affect with the situation, such as happiness at receiving good news) | |
| b1602 | Content of thought (Mental functions consisting of the ideas that are present in the thinking process and what is being conceptualized. Inclusions: impairments of delusions, overvalued ideas and somatization) | |
| Body structure: | s1100 | Structure of cortical lobes |
| s1101 | Structure of midbrain | |
| s1102 | Structure of diencephalon | |
| s1103 | Basal ganglia and related structures | |
| s1104 | Structure of brainstem | |
| s1200 | Structure of spinal cord | |
| Activities and participation: | d2303 | Completing the daily routine |
| d5701 | Managing diet and fitness | |
| d129 | Purposeful sensory experiences, specified as repetitive perception of non-injurious sensory stimuli | |
| d7105 | Physical contact in relationships (Making and responding to bodily contact with others, in a contextually and socially appropriate manner) | |
| d7203 | Interacting according to social rules (Acting independently in social interactions and complying with social conventions governing one’s role, position or other social status in interactions with others) | |