EMG DX CODES
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS CRANIAL NERVE
** Causalgia, Upper Limb 354.4 # Accessory 11th Nerve Disorder 352.4
** Causalgia, Lower Limb 355.71 # Bell’s Palsy 351.0
* Claw Hand 736.06 #
Cranial Nerve Palsies, Multiple
352.6
** Disturbance of Skin Sensation 782.0 # Facial Nerve Palsy, Other 351.8
* Pain in Back 724.2 # Myasthenia Gravis 358.0
** Pain in Limb 729.5 # Trigeminal Nerve Disorder 350.2
* Paralysis 344.89 # Hypoglossal 12th Nerve
Disorder 352.5
* Sciatica 724.3 SPINE
* Torticollis 723.5 * Disc Herniation, Cervical 722.0
* Voice Disturbance 784.49 * Disc Herniation, Thoracic 722.11
* Weakness 728.9 * Disc Herniation, Lumbar 722.10
* Wrist Drop 736.05 * Malignant Neoplasm, Spinal Cord 192.2
* Malignant Neoplasm, Spinal Menin 192.3
* Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 335.20 * Spinal Stenosis, Thoracic 724.01
* Anterior Horn Cell, Other 335.8 * Spinal
Stenosis, Lumbar 724.02
* Kugelberg-Welander Disease 335.11 ** Spondylosis, Cervical with Myelop 721.1
* Motor Neuron Disease 335.20 ** Spondylosis, Thoracic with Myelop 721.41
* Primary Lateral Sclerosis 335.24
* Pseudobulbar Palsy 335.23
* Spinal Muscular Atrophy 335.19
* Werdnig-Hoffman Disease 335.0
PLEXUS
* Cauda Equina Syndrome 344.60 ** Brachial Plexus Injury 953.4
* Root Lesion, Cervical 353.2 ** Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions 353.1
* Root Lesion, Thoracic 353.3 ** Lumbosacral Plexus 953.5
** Root Lesion, Lumbosacral 353.4 * Neuralgic Amyotrophy 353.5
* Root Injury, Cervical 953.0 * Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 353.0
* Root Injury, Thoracic 953.1
** Root Injury, Lumbar 953.2 PERIPHERAL
NERVE
** Root Injury, Sacral 953.3 ** Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease 356.1
** CIDP 357.81
** Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 354.0 ** Mononeuritis Multiplex 354.5
** Femoral Nerve Disorder 355.2 ** Peripheral Neuropathy, Alcoholic 357.5
** Femoral Nerve Injury 956.1 ** Peripheral Neuropathy, Critical 357.82
**
Peripheral Neuropathy, Hereditary
356.0
** Median Nerve Lesion 354.1 ** Peripheral Neuropathy, Idiopathic 356.4
** Meralgia Paresthetica 355.1 ** Peripheral Neuropathy, Other 357.89
** Mononeuropathy, Up Limb,Other 354.8
** Mononeuropathy, Lo Limb, Other 355.79
** Peroneal Nerve Disorder 355.3 MUSCLE
** Peroneal Nerve Injury 956.3 * Dermatomyositis 710.3
Phrenic Neuropathy 354.8 * Myopathy, Congenital 359.0
** Plantar Nerve Lesion 355.6 * Myopathy, Critical 359.81
** Radial Nerve Lesion 354.3 * Myopathy, Other 359.89
** Sciatic Nerve Injury 956.0 * Myopathy, Toxic 359.4
** Sciatic Nerve Mononeuritis 355.0 * Myotonic Disorders 359.2
** Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome 355.5 * Polymyositis 710.4
** Tibial Nerve Lesion 355.4 * Muscular Dystrophy 359.1
** Tibial Nerve Injury 956.2 MISCELLANEOUS
** Ulnar Nerve Lesion 354.2
* Neurogenic Bladder 344.61
* Pubic Region Neuralgia 355.9
* RSD, Lower Limb 337.22
* Eaton-Lambert Syndrome 358.1 * RSD, Other 337.29
* Myasthenia Gravis 358.00
KEY: * =
Acceptable dx only for motor NCS without F’s
* Myasthenia Gravis Crisis 358.01 **= Acceptable dx for
motor NCS with F’s and H-Reflexes
* Neuromuscular Junction, Toxic 358.2 # = Must use cranial nerve EMG (95867 or
95868) Phrenic Nerve Disorder
* Neuromuscular Junction, Other 358.8