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Compare/E08 vs G54.5

E08 vs G54.5

E08 (Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition) compared with G54.5 (Neuralgic amyotrophy), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. G54.5 carries an Excludes1 note covering E08: “neuralgic amyotrophy in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .44)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

E08Diabetes mellitus due to underlying conditionG54.5Neuralgic amyotrophy
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: E08.00, E08.01, E08.10, E08.11, E08.21

Billable
ClassificationE00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)G00-G99 — Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99)
DefinitionDiabetes mellitus due to underlying condition is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (E08).Neuralgic amyotrophy is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G54.5).
Includes
Parsonage-Aldren-Turner syndrome
Shoulder-girdle neuritis
Use additional code
code to identify control using:
injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
insulin (Z79.4)
Code first
the underlying condition, such as:
congenital rubella (P35.0)

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources