ICD-10 code for nerve palsy

The ICD-10-CM code for nerve palsy is G58.9 (Mononeuropathy, unspecified). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on G58.9.

Within G58, choose G58.9 (Mononeuropathy, unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: intercostal neuropathy (G58.0), mononeuritis multiplex (G58.7) and other specified mononeuropathies (G58.8).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 073 (Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with MCC, relative weight 1.5779) and DRG 074 (Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without MCC, relative weight 1.0173), in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.