ME84.2

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Low back pain

Description

This is a condition which is defined as pain and discomfort, localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain.

Inclusions

  • Loin pain
  • Lumbago NOS

Excludes

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/647013871 – Degenerative condition of spine
  • MG30.02 – Chronic primary low back pain
  • MG30.3 – Chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain
  • MG30.5 – Chronic neuropathic pain

Exclusions from above levels

  • ME86.2 – Symptom or complaint of the back
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Child codes

  • ME84.20 – Lumbago with sciatica
  • ME84.2Y – Other specified low back pain
  • ME84.2Z – Low back pain, unspecified

Sibling codes

Foundation entity

Low back pain – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1815305992

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: ME84: Spinal pain › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified