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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G56
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G56
Mononeuropathies of upper limb
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- G56 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G56 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G56 - other international versions of ICD-10 G56 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as G56. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region
The following code(s) above
G56 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
G56:
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G56
G54.1 Lumbosacral plexus disorders
G54.2 Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.3 Thoracic root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.4 Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.5 Neuralgic amyotrophy
G54.6 Phantom limb syndrome with pain
G54.7 Phantom limb syndrome without pain
G54.8 Other nerve root and plexus disorders
G54.9 Nerve root and plexus disorder, unspecified
G55 Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
G56
Mononeuropathies of upper limb
G56.0 Carpal tunnel syndrome
G56.00 …… unspecified upper limb
G56.03 …… bilateral upper limbs
G56.1 Other lesions of median nerve
G56.10 …… unspecified upper limb
G56.13 …… bilateral upper limbs
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
