Sciatica
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Sciatica |
| ICD10 code: | M54.3 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- This code is not merely a symptom, it is a specific disorder.
- The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb. The pain of sciatica is sometimes referred to as sciatic nerve pain.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Pain, back NOS (back pain)
- Pain, acute NOS
- Pain, chronic NOS
- Pain NOS, not specified if acute or chronic
- Spine or back, mechanical disorder involving bone or cartilage, NOS
- Hemarthrosis, any joint
- Osteoarthritis
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