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G53 diagnosis code · Billable category · FY2027

G53 Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

  • Billable
  • Not CC/MCC
  • POA reported

G53 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027; the category has no subdivisions.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
  2. G50-G59 Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
  3. G53 Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
CC / MCC
Neither
MS-DRG
073-074
HCC V28
–
POA
Reported
Code Editor
Manifestation
Index entries
3

Instructions

At G53

Excludes1

  • multiple cranial nerve palsy in sarcoidosis (D86.82) D86.82
  • multiple cranial nerve palsy in syphilis (A52.15) A52.15
  • postherpetic geniculate ganglionitis (B02.21) B02.21
  • postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia (B02.22) B02.22

Code first

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • neoplasm (C00-D49) C00 D49

Notes that also apply

Block G50-G59 instructions (Excludes1 5): printed on the block page.

Chapter 6 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 6 page.

Index entries

  • Palsycranial nervemultipleinparasitic disease → B89 [G53]
  • Palsycranial nervemultipleininfectious disease → B99 [G53]
  • Palsycranial nervemultipleinneoplastic disease → D49.9 [G53]

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for G53
CC / MCCNeither
Appendix BMDC 01 Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System, MS-DRG 073-074 (Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with MCC…)
Code EditorManifestation code: not allowed as principal diagnosis
POAReported
HCC V28–

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

Hierarchy