ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G50-G59 › G57 Mononeuropathies of lower limb › G57.0

G57.0

Lesion of sciatic nerve

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • G57.00 Lesion of sciatic nerve, unspecified lower limb
  • G57.01 Lesion of sciatic nerve, right lower limb
  • G57.02 Lesion of sciatic nerve, left lower limb
  • G57.03 Lesion of sciatic nerve, bilateral lower limbs

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Lesion of sciatic nerve

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 G57 Mononeuropathies of lower 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
G57.1 Meralgia paresthetica Not billable
G57.2 Lesion of femoral nerve Not billable
G57.3 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve Not billable
G57.4 Lesion of medial popliteal nerve Not billable
G57.5 Tarsal tunnel syndrome Not billable
G57.6 Lesion of plantar nerve Not billable
G57.7 Causalgia of lower limb Not billable
G57.8 Other specified mononeuropathies of lower limb Not billable
G57.9 Unspecified mononeuropathy of lower limb Not billable