ICD-10-CM Code G57.1
Meralgia paresthetica
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 G57.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of G57.1 that describes the diagnosis 'meralgia paresthetica' in more detail.
- G57.1 Meralgia paresthetica NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code G571 is used to code Meralgia paraesthetica
Meralgia paresthetica or Meralgia paraesthetica (UK/Australian spelling) (me-ral'-gee-a par-es-thet'-i-ka) (or Bernhardt-Roth syndrome), is numbness or pain in the outer thigh not caused by injury to the thigh, but by injury to a nerve that extends from the thigh to the spinal column.
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 355.1 |
Innervation of lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh (shaded area) on right leg.
Coding Notes for G57.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh syndrome
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'G57.1 - Meralgia paresthetica'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code G57.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: G57 - Mononeuropathies of lower limb