G57.0 — Lesion of sciatic nerve
G57.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for lesion of sciatic nerve. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- sciatica NOS (M54.3-)
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.
- sciatica attributed to intervertebral disc disorder (M51.1.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with G57.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G57.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G57.0 alone.
- M54.3Sciatica
Risk adjustment
G57.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G57.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G57. If G57.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- G57.1Meralgia paresthetica
- G57.2Lesion of femoral nerve
- G57.3Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve
- G57.4Lesion of medial popliteal nerve
- G57.5Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- G57.6Lesion of plantar nerve
- G57.7Causalgia of lower limb
- G57.8Other specified mononeuropathies of lower limb
- G57.9Unspecified mononeuropathy of lower limb
Questions about G57.0
- Is G57.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G57.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G57.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59).
- What cannot be coded together with G57.0?
- G57.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.