G57.1
G57.1 — Meralgia paresthetica
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G57.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for meralgia paresthetica. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh syndrome
Risk adjustment
G57.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G57.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G57. If G57.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- G57.0Lesion of sciatic nerve
- G57.2Lesion of femoral nerve
- G57.3Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve
- G57.4Lesion of medial popliteal nerve
- G57.5Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- G57.6Lesion of plantar nerve
- G57.7Causalgia of lower limb
- G57.8Other specified mononeuropathies of lower limb
- G57.9Unspecified mononeuropathy of lower limb
Questions about G57.1
- Is G57.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G57.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G57.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59).