G56.2
G56.2: Lesion of ulnar nerve
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G56.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for lesion of ulnar nerve. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tardy ulnar nerve palsy
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G56.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on G56: Mononeuropathies of upper limb
- current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region
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 G56.2
4 child codes. Green means billable.