G50

Non-Billable
ChapterG00–G99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Disorders of trigeminal nerve

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99).

CH6 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)

G50-G59 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • 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-)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • disorders of 5th cranial nerve

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH6Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
G50-G59Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
G50Disorders of trigeminal nerveNot billable
G50.0Trigeminal neuralgiaBillable
G50.1Atypical facial painBillable
G50.8Other disorders of trigeminal nerveBillable
G50.9Disorder of trigeminal nerve, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to G50:

blockG50-G59
Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
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chapterCH6
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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