G54.0

G54.0: Brachial plexus disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G54.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for brachial plexus disorders. 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.

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G54.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G54: Nerve root and plexus disorders

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.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

G54.0 is named in 25 Medicare coverage policies: 25 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
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Naffziger's syndrome
Plexitis, brachial
Scalenus anticus syndrome(anterior)
Wright's syndrome
Angiospasm›brachial plexus
Compression›brachial plexus
Degeneration, degenerative›brachial plexus
Disorder›brachial plexus
Irritation›axillary nerve
Irritation›brachial plexus
Lesion›brachial plexus
Neuropathy, neuropathic›brachial plexus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.