G62.81
G62.81: Critical illness polyneuropathy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G62.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for critical illness polyneuropathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G62.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute motor neuropathy
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
G62.81 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 4 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathynot covered
- A56731Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks and Electrostimulation for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57589Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Neuropathy, neuropathic›acute motor
- Polyneuropathy›critical illness
- Neuropathy, neuropathic›progressive›inflammatory
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.