G57.2 — Lesion of femoral nerve

Not billable

Is G57.2 billable?

No — G57.2 is a non-billable header code. G57.2 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 4 billable codes beneath G57.2.

Billable codes under this header

G57.2 at a glance

Code	G57.2
Description	Lesion of femoral nerve
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is G57.2 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to G57.2. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Mononeuritis › femoral nerve
Neuronitis › ascending
Lesion › nerve › femoral (s) (nontraumatic)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from G50-G59

The conditions below can never be reported together with G57.2 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

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-)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from G57

The conditions below can never be reported together with G57.2 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 6

The conditions below are not part of G57.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G57.2 and the excluded code may both be reported.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

What codes fall under G57.2? (4)

How long has G57.2 existed?

G57.2 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.