Unspecified mononeuropathy of upper limb
Non-billable header
G56.9 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region (from G56)
- neuralgia NOS (M79.2) (from G56)
- neuritis NOS (M79.2) (from G56)
- peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-) (from G56)
- radiculitis NOS (M54.1-) (from G56)
- current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region (from G56)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G56)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G56)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G56)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G56)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G56)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G56)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G56)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G56)
Also known as
- Mononeuritis, upper limb
- Mononeuropathy, upper limb
- Neuroma, nonneoplastic, arm
- Neuroma, nonneoplastic, upper extremity
- Neuroma, surgical, arm
- Neuroma, surgical, upper extremity
- Neuropathy, neuropathic, arm
- Neuropathy, neuropathic, axillary
- Paralysis, paralytic, compression, arm
- Paralysis, paralytic, compression, upper extremity
- Paralysis, paralytic, finger
- Paralysis, paralytic, musculocutaneous nerve
- Paralysis, paralytic, musculospiral
- Paralysis, paralytic, shoulder
- Paralysis, paralytic, thumb