G52.1

G52.1: Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G52.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Disorder of 9th cranial nerve
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G52.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on G52: Disorders of other cranial nerves

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.

Medicare coverage

G52.1 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Neuralgia, neuralgic›glossopharyngeal(nerve)
Palsy›glossopharyngeal
Compression›cranial nerve›ninth
Disorder›nerve›glossopharyngeal NEC
Disorder›nerve›cranial›ninth

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.