G54
ICD-10Non-billable categoryNerve root and plexus disorders
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Nerve root and plexus disorders
G54 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- current traumatic nerve root and plexus disorders - see nerve injury by body region
- intervertebral disc disorders (M50-M51)
- neuralgia or neuritis NOS (M79.2)
- neuritis or radiculitis brachial NOS (M54.13)
- neuritis or radiculitis lumbar NOS (M54.16)
- neuritis or radiculitis lumbosacral NOS (M54.17)
- neuritis or radiculitis thoracic NOS (M54.14)
- radiculitis NOS (M54.10)
- radiculopathy NOS (M54.10)
- spondylosis (M47.-)
More specific codes under G54
- G54.0Brachial plexus disorders
- G54.1Lumbosacral plexus disorders
- G54.2Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified
- G54.3Thoracic root disorders, not elsewhere classified
- G54.4Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified
- G54.5Neuralgic amyotrophy
- G54.6Phantom limb syndrome with pain
- G54.7Phantom limb syndrome without pain
- G54.8Other nerve root and plexus disorders
- G54.9Nerve root and plexus disorder, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.