Table 1 ICD-9/10 coding for a definition of low back pain that is representative of the literature
Description | ICD-9 Code |
 Myalgia | 729.1 |
 Muscle spasm | 728.85 |
 Mechanical Low Back Pain | 724.2 |
 Recurrent Low Back Pain | 724.2 |
 Back Pain | 724.5 |
 Chronic Back Pain | 724.5 |
 Pain-Back nyd | 724.5 |
 Muscle Spasm Back | 724.8 |
 Musculoskeletal Pain | 729.1 |
 Other msk | 729.9 |
 Chronic Pain (misc) | 780.9 |
 Pain nyd (Misc) | 780.9 |
 Lumbosacral Strain | 846.0 |
 Sprain Sacroiliac Int/Ligament | 846.1 |
 Low Back Strain | 847.2 |
 Other Sprain/ Strain Trunk | 848.8 |
Description | ICD-10 Code |
 Myalgia | M79.1 |
 Back Pain | M54.5 |
 Muscle Strain | M62.6 |
 Superficial inj Low Back / Pelvis uncomplicated | S30.80 |
 Ow lower back / pelvis, uncomplicated | S31.0 |