G63 Billable Code
Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 6
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Section Detail
G60-G65
Polyneuropathies and other disorders of the peripheral nervous system (G60-G65)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
codeFirst
- underlying disease, such as:
- amyloidosis (E85.-)
- endocrine disease, except diabetes (E00-E07, E15-E16, E20-E34)
- metabolic diseases (E70-E88)
- neoplasm (C00-D49)
- nutritional deficiency (E40-E64)
excludes1
- polyneuropathy (in):
- diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .42)
- diphtheria (A36.83)
- infectious mononucleosis complicated by polyneuropathy (B27.0-B27.9 with fifth character 1)
- Lyme disease (A69.22)
- mumps (B26.84)
- postherpetic (B02.23)
- rheumatoid arthritis (M05.5-)
- scleroderma (M34.83)
- systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.19)
OPPS Editing Flags
External Cause
No
Mental Health
No
Manifestation (Edit 89)
Yes
Code First Applicable This code represents a manifestation of an underlying disease. The underlying condition must be coded first as the principal diagnosis.
No
Unacceptable PDX (Edit 113)
No
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