G54
Header — not billableNerve root and plexus disorders
The ICD-10 code for nerve root and plexus disorders is G54.
G54 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- 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.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under G54
- 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
Related codes in this category
- G50Disorders of trigeminal nervenon-billable header
- G51Facial nerve disordersnon-billable header
- G52Disorders of other cranial nervesnon-billable header
- G53Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
- G56Mononeuropathies of upper limbnon-billable header
- G57Mononeuropathies of lower limbnon-billable header
- G58Other mononeuropathiesnon-billable header
- G59Mononeuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- G54Nerve root and plexus disordersnon-billable header