ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G50-G59 › G56.0 Carpal tunnel syndrome › G56.03
G56.03
Carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral upper limbs
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral upper limbs
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from G56 Mononeuropathies of upper limb
Excludes1 - never coded here
- current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region
Inherited from the G50-G59 section Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region
- neuralgia NOS (M79.2)
- neuritis NOS (M79.2)
- peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-)
- radiculitis NOS (M54.1-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Neurophthisis
- Pinched nerve
- Neurosclerosis
- Endoperineuritis
- Entrapment > nerve
- Irritation > nerve
- Compression > nerve
- Syndrome > entrapment
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Change > trophic > arm
- Vasospasm > nerve > arm
- Angiospasm > nerve > arm
- Atrophy, atrophic > nerve
- Disease, diseased > nerve
- Angiospasm > nerve > median
- Compression > nerve > median
- Paralysis, paralytic > nerve
- Compression > nerve > arm NEC
- Compression > subcostal nerve
- Disorder > nerve > entrapment
- Disorder > nerve > median NEC
- Disorder > nerve > upper limb
- Mononeuropathy > median nerve
- Syndrome > pseudocarpal tunnel
- Angiospasm > nerve > arm > median
- Degeneration, degenerative > nerve
- Neuropathy, neuropathic > ischemic
- Atrophy, atrophic > thenar, partial
- Degeneration, degenerative > Wallerian
- Mononeuropathy > carpal tunnel syndrome
- Compression > nerve > upper extremity NEC
- Mononeuropathy > upper limb > median nerve
- Disorder > nerve > specified NEC > upper limb
- Lesion > nerve > median > carpal tunnel syndrome
- Mononeuropathy > upper limb > carpal tunnel syndrome
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spinal > nerve
- Syndrome > carpal tunnel
- Neuropathy, neuropathic > entrapment > median nerve
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G56.00 | Carpal tunnel syndrome, unspecified upper limb | Valid |
| G56.01 | Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper limb | Valid |
| G56.02 | Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper limb | Valid |