G52

G52: Disorders of other cranial nerves

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G52 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of other cranial nerves. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

disorders of acoustic [8th] nerve (H93.3)
disorders of optic [2nd] nerve (H46, H47.0)
paralytic strabismus due to nerve palsy (H49.0-H49.2)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead G52

7 child codes. Green means billable.

G52.0Disorders of olfactory nerve
G52.1Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve
G52.2Disorders of vagus nerve
G52.3Disorders of hypoglossal nerve
G52.7Disorders of multiple cranial nerves
G52.8Disorders of other specified cranial nerves
G52.9Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified