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G90.5

G90.5: Complex regional pain syndrome I (CRPS I)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G90.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for complex regional pain syndrome i (crps i). 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.

  • causalgia of lower limb (G57.7-)
  • causalgia of upper limb (G56.4-)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II of lower limb (G57.7-)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II of upper limb (G56.4-)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G90.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G90: Disorders of autonomic nervous system

  • dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system due to alcohol (G31.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with G90.5

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

  • G56.4Causalgia of upper limb
  • G57.7Causalgia of lower limb
  • G89.2Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified
  • 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 G90.5

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under G90

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.