ICD-10-CM code "G56": Mononeuropathies of upper limb (2024)

Excludes

1. Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)

   Type 2certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)

   Type 2certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

   Type 2complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

   Type 2congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

   Type 2endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)

   Type 2injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

   Type 2neoplasms (C00-D49)

   Type 2symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

2. Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)

   Type 1current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region

   Type 1neuralgia NOS (M79.2)

   Type 1neuritis NOS (M79.2)

   Type 1peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-)

   Type 1radiculitis NOS (M54.1-)

3. Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56)

   Type 1current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region

Includes

1. Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
2. Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
3. Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56)

Subcategories

• Carpal tunnel syndrome (G56.0)
• Other lesions of median nerve (G56.1)
• Lesion of ulnar nerve (G56.2)
• Lesion of radial nerve (G56.3)
• Causalgia of upper limb (G56.4)
• Other specified mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.8)
• Unspecified mononeuropathy of upper limb (G56.9)