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M54.2 is the code for cervicalgia, a disorder of discomfort or pain in the neck area. It is a billable/specific code that excludes cervical disc disorder and became effective in 2023.
Cervicalgia is a billable diagnosis code for neck pain that is valid for submission from October 2023 to September 2024. It is commonly used in family practice, internal medicine and orthopedics specialties and has synonyms such as chronic neck pain and myofascial pain.
The primary International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) codes and conditions associated with neck pain include M54.2 Cervicalgia, M54.6 Pain in the thoracic spine, R51 Cervicogenic headache, M53.0 Cervicocranial syndrome, M53.1 Cervicobrachial syndrome, M53.2 Spinal instability, S13.4 Sprain of ligaments of cervical spine, S13.8 Sprain ...
30% of patients with neck pain will develop chronic symptoms, with neck pain of greater than 6 months in duration affecting 14% of all individuals who experience an episode of neck pain. 37% of individuals who experience neck pain will report persistent problems for at least 12 months.
PMCID: PMC4200875 PMID: 25328557. Abstract. The use of conventional modalities for chronic neck pain remains debatable, primarily because most treatments have had limited success.
3 kwi 2023 · Cervical discogenic pain syndrome is a common source of neck pain. The presentation can vary and may be caused by degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs. Pain may be localized, referred, or radiated across a specific dermatome.
1 sie 2020 · Data Sources: A PubMed search was completed in Clinical Queries using the key term neck pain in combination with the following varied strings: diagnosis, evaluation, and differential diagnosis...
