ICD-10-CM Code G51
Facial nerve disorders
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code G51 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of G51 that describes the diagnosis 'facial nerve disorders' in more detail.
- G51 Facial nerve disorders NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE G51.0 Bell's palsy
- BILLABLE G51.1 Geniculate ganglionitis
- BILLABLE G51.2 Melkersson's syndrome
- BILLABLE G51.3 Clonic hemifacial spasm
- BILLABLE G51.4 Facial myokymia
- BILLABLE G51.8 Other disorders of facial nerve
- BILLABLE G51.9 Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified
The ICD code G51 is used to code Cranial nerve disease
Cranial nerve disease is an impaired functioning of one of the twelve cranial nerves. Although it could theoretically be considered a mononeuropathy, it is not considered as such under MeSH.
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| MeSH Codes: | D003389, D003389, D003389 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 350, 351, 352 |
Cranial nerves
Coding Notes for G51 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Disorders of 7th cranial nerve
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'G51 - Facial nerve disorders'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code G51. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.