M54.2 Cervicalgia

The ICD-10-CM code for Cervicalgia is M54.2 (FY2026). It is a billable, claim-ready diagnosis code.

Classification

Chapter

13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

Section

M50-M54: Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)

Category M54

40 codes (33 billable)

FY2026 Status

Stable since FY2024

Also Known As

ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entries that lead to M54.2:

• Cervicalgia
• Pain (s) › neck NEC
• Pain (s) › spine › cervical

U.S. Hospital Utilization

• An estimated 121,495 U.S. inpatient stays in 2023 included M54.2 among the documented diagnoses.
• 2,630 stays listed it as the principal diagnosis.

Source: National Inpatient Sample (NIS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016–2023. National survey-weighted estimates.

Official Coding Guidelines

Pain control/management encounter: sequence G89 then site

• If the encounter is for pain control or pain management, assign the code from category G89 followed by the code identifying the specific site of pain (e.g., encounter for pain management for acute neck pain from trauma is assigned code G89.11, Acute pain due to trauma, followed by code M54.2, Cervicalgia, to identify the site of pain).

Osteoporosis without pathological fracture (M81)

Category M81, Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture, is for use for patients with osteoporosis who do not currently have a pathologic fracture due to the osteoporosis, even if they have had a fracture in the past. For patients with a history of osteoporosis fractures, status code Z87.310, Personal history of (healed) osteoporosis fracture, should follow the code from M81.

Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026

References

• CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Code Set and Guidelines, FY2026
• CDC/NCHS — ICD-10-CM Files and Browser Tool
• AHRQ — HCUP National Inpatient Sample, Frequencies by Diagnosis Code (2016–2023)