G57.7

G57.7: Causalgia of lower limb

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G57.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for causalgia of lower limb. 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.

complex regional pain syndrome I of lower limb (G90.52-)
complex regional pain syndrome I of upper limb (G90.51-)
complex regional pain syndrome II of upper limb (G56.4-)
reflex sympathetic dystrophy of lower limb (G90.52-)
reflex sympathetic dystrophy of upper limb (G90.51-)

Inclusion terms

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

Complex regional pain syndrome II of lower limb

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G57.7

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G57: Mononeuropathies of lower limb

current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region

Other codes that can never be billed with G57.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

G56.4Causalgia of upper limb
G89.2Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified
G90.5Complex regional pain syndrome I (CRPS I)
M89.0Algoneurodystrophy

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 G57.7

4 child codes. Green means billable.