ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G51.2
Melkersson's syndrome
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G51.2
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G51 — Facial nerve disorders
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G51.2 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of melkersson's syndrome. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G51
- G51Facial nerve disorders
- G51.0Bell's palsy
- G51.1Geniculate ganglionitis
- G51.3Clonic hemifacial spasm
- G51.31Clonic hemifacial spasm, right
- G51.32Clonic hemifacial spasm, left
- G51.33Clonic hemifacial spasm, bilateral
- G51.39Clonic hemifacial spasm, unspecified
- G51.4Facial myokymia
- G51.8Other disorders of facial nerve
- G51.9Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified
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