G57.3
G57.3 — Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G57.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for lesion of lateral popliteal 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.
- Peroneal nerve palsy
Risk adjustment
G57.3 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 G57.3
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G57. If G57.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G57.3
- Is G57.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G57.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G57.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59).