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G54 - Nerve root and plexus disorders

ICD-10-CM Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system · G50-G59 Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

G54 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom G54

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • current traumatic nerve root and plexus disorders - see nerve injury by body region
  • intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)
  • neuralgia or neuritis NOS (M79.2)
  • neuritis or radiculitis brachial NOS (M54.13)
  • neuritis or radiculitis lumbar NOS (M54.16)
  • neuritis or radiculitis lumbosacral NOS (M54.17)
  • neuritis or radiculitis thoracic NOS (M54.14)
  • radiculitis NOS (M54.10)
  • radiculopathy NOS (M54.10)
  • spondylosis (M47.-)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom G50-G59 Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region
  • neuralgia NOS (M79.2)
  • neuritis NOS (M79.2)
  • peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-)
  • radiculitis NOS (M54.1-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter G00-G99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

More Specific Codes (10)

G54.0Brachial plexus disorders→G54.1Lumbosacral plexus disorders→G54.2Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified→G54.3Thoracic root disorders, not elsewhere classified→G54.4Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified→G54.5Neuralgic amyotrophy→G54.6Phantom limb syndrome with pain→G54.7Phantom limb syndrome without pain→G54.8Other nerve root and plexus disorders→G54.9Nerve root and plexus disorder, unspecified→

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