G51.0
G51.0: Bell's palsy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G51.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bell's palsy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G51.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Facial palsy
Other codes that can never be billed with G51.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R29.810Facial weakness
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
G51.0 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bell's›palsy, paralysis
- Diplegia›facial
- Palsy›facial
- Paralysis, paralytic›Bell's
- Paralysis, paralytic›facial(nerve)
- Paralysis, paralytic›nerve›facial
- Paralysis, paralytic›nerve›seventh or facial
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.