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G54.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Brachial plexus disorders

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 inclusion term · 15 Excludes1

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 073 — CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITH MCC (MDC 01)
  • MS-DRG 074 — CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 01)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for G54.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on G54.0 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Thoracic outlet syndrome

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Coder workflow for G54.0

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code G54.0

  1. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with G54.0. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in G54.0’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewM79.2, M54.13, M54.16, M54.17, M54.14, M54.10

Consider G54.0. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting G54.0(15 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with G54.0: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareM79.2, M54.13, M54.16, M54.17, M54.14, M54.10

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition G54.0 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewM79.2, M54.13, M54.16, M54.17, M54.14, M54.10

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Brachial plexus disorders is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G54.0).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (34)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name G54.0 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: M53.1 — Cervicobrachial syndrome.

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 073 (MDC 01), DRG 074 (MDC 01).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):NVS017 — Nerve and nerve root disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Nerve and nerve root disorders).

G51.8 — Other disorders of facial nerve, G51.9 — Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified, G52.0 — Disorders of olfactory nerve, G52.1 — Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve, G52.2 — Disorders of vagus nerve, G52.3 — Disorders of hypoglossal nerve, G52.7 — Disorders of multiple cranial nerves, G52.8 — Disorders of other specified cranial nerves, G52.9 — Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified, G53 — Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere, G54.1 — Lumbosacral plexus disorders, G54.2 — Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified, G54.3 — Thoracic root disorders, not elsewhere classified, G54.4 — Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified, G54.5 — Neuralgic amyotrophy, G54.6 — Phantom limb syndrome with pain, G54.7 — Phantom limb syndrome without pain, G54.8 — Other nerve root and plexus disorders, G54.9 — Nerve root and plexus disorder, unspecified, G55 — Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere, +94 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Neuropathy, neuropathic”, “Palsy”, “Paralysis, paralytic”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

G51.0 — Bell's palsy (facial), G51.8 — Other disorders of facial nerve (chorda tympani), G51.9 — Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified (cranial nerve, seventh), G52.0 — Disorders of olfactory nerve (cranial nerve, first), G52.1 — Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve (glossopharyngeal), G52.2 — Disorders of vagus nerve (vagus nerve), G52.3 — Disorders of hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve, twelfth), G52.7 — Disorders of multiple cranial nerves (cranial nerve, multiple), G52.8 — Disorders of other specified cranial nerves (trapezius), G52.9 — Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified (cranial nerve), G56.0 — Carpal tunnel syndrome (entrapment, median nerve), G56.1 — Other lesions of median nerve (median nerve), G56.2 — Lesion of ulnar nerve (ulnar nerve), G56.3 — Lesion of radial nerve (radial nerve), G56.8 — Other specified mononeuropathies of upper limb (phrenic nerve), G56.9 — Unspecified mononeuropathy of upper limb (wrist), G57.0 — Lesion of sciatic nerve (sciatic nerve), G57.1 — Meralgia paresthetica (entrapment, lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh), G57.2 — Lesion of femoral nerve (nerve, femoral), G57.3 — Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve (peroneal nerve), +363 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G54.0 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run G54.0 with this related code in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 8,892 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries (34)

  • Angiospasm (peripheral) (traumatic) (vessel), brachial plexus[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Angiospasm (peripheral) (traumatic) (vessel), nerve, arm, axillary[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Angiospasm (peripheral) (traumatic) (vessel), nerve, axillary[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Compression, brachial plexus[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Compression, nerve, axillary[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Degeneration, degenerative, brachial plexus[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Disorder (of), brachial plexus[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Disorder (of), nerve, axillary[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • and 26 more

Nearest codes (10)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Brachial plexus disorders

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G54.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the G54 family