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CPT 51784: ICD-10 codes that support medical necessity

1713 covered diagnosis codes under Medicare coverage policies (LCD/NCD)

These ICD-10-CM diagnoses support medical necessity for CPT 51784 under Medicare coverage policies (LCDs, NCDs, and Billing & Coding articles). Billing CPT 51784 with a diagnosis that isn't covered typically denies as CARC 50 — not medically necessary.

National approximation. Coverage varies by MAC and state — confirm against the specific LCD/NCD and article that applies to your jurisdiction and date of service.

ICD-10Description
A05.1Botulism food poisoning
A17.83Tuberculous neuritis
A17.89Other tuberculosis of nervous system
A35Other tetanus
A36.83Diphtheritic polyneuritis
A39.82Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
A48.51Infant botulism
A48.52Wound botulism
A50.43Late congenital syphilitic polyneuropathy
A50.44Late congenital syphilitic optic nerve atrophy
A52.15Late syphilitic neuropathy
A69.22Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease
B02.21Postherpetic geniculate ganglionitis
B02.22Postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia
B02.23Postherpetic polyneuropathy
B26.84Mumps polyneuropathy
B27.01Gammaherpesviral mononucleosis with polyneuropathy
B27.11Cytomegaloviral mononucleosis with polyneuropathy
B27.81Other infectious mononucleosis with polyneuropathy
B91Sequelae of poliomyelitis
C70.0Malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges
C70.1Malignant neoplasm of spinal meninges
C72.0Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord
C72.1Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
C72.21Malignant neoplasm of right olfactory nerve
C72.22Malignant neoplasm of left olfactory nerve
C72.31Malignant neoplasm of right optic nerve
C72.32Malignant neoplasm of left optic nerve
C72.41Malignant neoplasm of right acoustic nerve
C72.42Malignant neoplasm of left acoustic nerve
C72.59Malignant neoplasm of other cranial nerves
C79.31Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain
C79.32Secondary malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges
C79.49Secondary malignant neoplasm of other parts of nervous system
D32.1Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges
D33.3Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves
D33.4Benign neoplasm of spinal cord
D33.7Benign neoplasm of other specified parts of central nervous system
D86.82Multiple cranial nerve palsies in sarcoidosis
E08.40Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
E08.41Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic mononeuropathy
E08.42Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic polyneuropathy
E08.43Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
E08.44Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic amyotrophy
E08.49Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic neurological complication
E08.610Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E09.40Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
E09.41Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic mononeuropathy
E09.42Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic polyneuropathy
E09.43Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
E09.44Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic amyotrophy
E09.49Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with other diabetic neurological complication
E09.610Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E10.40Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
E10.41Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic mononeuropathy
E10.42Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E10.43Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
E10.44Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic amyotrophy
E10.49Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic neurological complication
E10.610Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E11.10Type 2 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis without coma
E11.11Type 2 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis with coma
E11.40Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
E11.41Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic mononeuropathy
E11.42Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E11.43Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
E11.44Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic amyotrophy
E11.49Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic neurological complication
E11.610Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E13.40Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
E13.41Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic mononeuropathy
E13.42Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E13.43Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
E13.44Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic amyotrophy
E13.49Other specified diabetes mellitus with other diabetic neurological complication
E13.610Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E51.11Dry beriberi
E51.2Wernicke's encephalopathy
E51.8Other manifestations of thiamine deficiency
E51.9Thiamine deficiency, unspecified
E53.1Pyridoxine deficiency
E53.8Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins
E56.0Deficiency of vitamin E
E56.8Deficiency of other vitamins
E64.8Sequelae of other nutritional deficiencies
E71.314Muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency
E71.41Primary carnitine deficiency
E71.42Carnitine deficiency due to inborn errors of metabolism
E71.43Iatrogenic carnitine deficiency
E71.440Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome
E71.448Other secondary carnitine deficiency
E74.02Pompe disease
E74.03Cori disease
E74.04McArdle disease
E74.05Lysosome-associated membrane protein 2 [LAMP2] deficiency
E74.09Other glycogen storage disease
E78.6Lipoprotein deficiency
E79.2Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
E85.1Neuropathic heredofamilial amyloidosis
F95.1Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder
F95.2Tourette's disorder
G04.1Tropical spastic paraplegia
G11.0Congenital nonprogressive ataxia
G11.10Early-onset cerebellar ataxia, unspecified
G11.11Friedreich ataxia
G11.2Late-onset cerebellar ataxia
G11.3Cerebellar ataxia with defective DNA repair
G11.4Hereditary spastic paraplegia
G11.8Other hereditary ataxias
G11.9Hereditary ataxia, unspecified
G12.0Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]
G12.1Other inherited spinal muscular atrophy
G12.20Motor neuron disease, unspecified
G12.21Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
G12.22Progressive bulbar palsy
G12.23Primary lateral sclerosis
G12.24Familial motor neuron disease
G12.25Progressive spinal muscle atrophy
G12.29Other motor neuron disease
G12.8Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes
G12.9Spinal muscular atrophy, unspecified
G13.0Paraneoplastic neuromyopathy and neuropathy
G13.1Other systemic atrophy primarily affecting central nervous system in neoplastic disease
G14Postpolio syndrome
G20.A1Parkinson's disease without dyskinesia, without mention of fluctuations
G20.A2Parkinson's disease without dyskinesia, with fluctuations
G20.B1Parkinson's disease with dyskinesia, without mention of fluctuations
G20.B2Parkinson's disease with dyskinesia, with fluctuations
G21.4Vascular parkinsonism
G24.01Drug induced subacute dyskinesia
G24.02Drug induced acute dystonia
G24.09Other drug induced dystonia
G24.1Genetic torsion dystonia
G24.2Idiopathic nonfamilial dystonia
G24.3Spasmodic torticollis
G24.4Idiopathic orofacial dystonia
G24.5Blepharospasm
G24.8Other dystonia
G24.9Dystonia, unspecified
G25.0Essential tremor
G25.3Myoclonus
G25.61Drug induced tics
G25.69Other tics of organic origin
G25.89Other specified extrapyramidal and movement disorders
G25.9Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified
G32.0Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere
G32.81Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere
G35.ARelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
G35.B0Primary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified
G35.B1Active primary progressive multiple sclerosis
G35.B2Non-active primary progressive multiple sclerosis
G35.C0Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified
G35.C1Active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
G35.C2Non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
G35.DMultiple sclerosis, unspecified
G36.0Neuromyelitis optica [Devic]
G36.1Acute and subacute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis [Hurst]
G36.8Other specified acute disseminated demyelination
G36.9Acute disseminated demyelination, unspecified
G37.0Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system
G37.1Central demyelination of corpus callosum
G37.2Central pontine myelinolysis
G37.3Acute transverse myelitis in demyelinating disease of central nervous system
G37.4Subacute necrotizing myelitis of central nervous system
G37.5Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system
G37.81Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease
G37.89Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system
G43.701Chronic migraine without aura, not intractable, with status migrainosus
G43.709Chronic migraine without aura, not intractable, without status migrainosus
G43.711Chronic migraine without aura, intractable, with status migrainosus
G43.719Chronic migraine without aura, intractable, without status migrainosus
G50.0Trigeminal neuralgia
G50.1Atypical facial pain
G50.8Other disorders of trigeminal nerve
G51.0Bell's palsy
G51.1Geniculate ganglionitis
G51.2Melkersson's syndrome
G51.31Clonic hemifacial spasm, right
G51.32Clonic hemifacial spasm, left
G51.33Clonic hemifacial spasm, bilateral
G51.4Facial myokymia
G51.8Other disorders of facial nerve
G52.0Disorders of olfactory nerve
G52.1Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve
G52.2Disorders of vagus nerve
G52.3Disorders of hypoglossal nerve
G52.7Disorders of multiple cranial nerves
G52.8Disorders of other specified cranial nerves
G52.9Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified
G53Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
G54.0Brachial plexus disorders
G54.1Lumbosacral plexus disorders
G54.2Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.3Thoracic root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.4Lumbosacral root disorders, not elsewhere classified
G54.5Neuralgic amyotrophy
G54.6Phantom limb syndrome with pain
G54.7Phantom limb syndrome without pain
G54.8Other nerve root and plexus disorders
G54.9Nerve root and plexus disorder, unspecified
G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
G56.01Carpal tunnel syndrome, right upper limb
G56.02Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper limb
G56.03Carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral upper limbs
G56.11Other lesions of median nerve, right upper limb
G56.12Other lesions of median nerve, left upper limb
G56.13Other lesions of median nerve, bilateral upper limbs
G56.21Lesion of ulnar nerve, right upper limb
G56.22Lesion of ulnar nerve, left upper limb
G56.23Lesion of ulnar nerve, bilateral upper limbs
G56.31Lesion of radial nerve, right upper limb
G56.32Lesion of radial nerve, left upper limb
G56.33Lesion of radial nerve, bilateral upper limbs
G56.41Causalgia of right upper limb
G56.42Causalgia of left upper limb
G56.43Causalgia of bilateral upper limbs
G56.81Other specified mononeuropathies of right upper limb
G56.82Other specified mononeuropathies of left upper limb
G56.83Other specified mononeuropathies of bilateral upper limbs
G56.91Unspecified mononeuropathy of right upper limb
G56.92Unspecified mononeuropathy of left upper limb
G56.93Unspecified mononeuropathy of bilateral upper limbs
G57.01Lesion of sciatic nerve, right lower limb
G57.02Lesion of sciatic nerve, left lower limb
G57.03Lesion of sciatic nerve, bilateral lower limbs
G57.11Meralgia paresthetica, right lower limb
G57.12Meralgia paresthetica, left lower limb
G57.13Meralgia paresthetica, bilateral lower limbs
G57.21Lesion of femoral nerve, right lower limb
G57.22Lesion of femoral nerve, left lower limb
G57.23Lesion of femoral nerve, bilateral lower limbs
G57.31Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, right lower limb
G57.32Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, left lower limb
G57.33Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, bilateral lower limbs
G57.41Lesion of medial popliteal nerve, right lower limb
G57.42Lesion of medial popliteal nerve, left lower limb
G57.43Lesion of medial popliteal nerve, bilateral lower limbs
G57.51Tarsal tunnel syndrome, right lower limb
G57.52Tarsal tunnel syndrome, left lower limb
G57.53Tarsal tunnel syndrome, bilateral lower limbs
G57.61Lesion of plantar nerve, right lower limb
G57.62Lesion of plantar nerve, left lower limb
G57.63Lesion of plantar nerve, bilateral lower limbs
G57.71Causalgia of right lower limb
G57.72Causalgia of left lower limb
G57.73Causalgia of bilateral lower limbs
G57.81Other specified mononeuropathies of right lower limb
G57.82Other specified mononeuropathies of left lower limb
G57.83Other specified mononeuropathies of bilateral lower limbs
G57.91Unspecified mononeuropathy of right lower limb
G57.92Unspecified mononeuropathy of left lower limb
G57.93Unspecified mononeuropathy of bilateral lower limbs
G58.0Intercostal neuropathy
G58.7Mononeuritis multiplex
G58.8Other specified mononeuropathies
G58.9Mononeuropathy, unspecified
G59Mononeuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G60.0Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
G60.1Refsum's disease
G60.2Neuropathy in association with hereditary ataxia
G60.3Idiopathic progressive neuropathy
G60.8Other hereditary and idiopathic neuropathies
G60.9Hereditary and idiopathic neuropathy, unspecified
G61.0Guillain-Barre syndrome
G61.1Serum neuropathy
G61.81Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis
G61.82Multifocal motor neuropathy
G61.89Other inflammatory polyneuropathies
G62.0Drug-induced polyneuropathy
G62.1Alcoholic polyneuropathy
G62.2Polyneuropathy due to other toxic agents
G62.81Critical illness polyneuropathy
G62.82Radiation-induced polyneuropathy
G62.89Other specified polyneuropathies
G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G64Other disorders of peripheral nervous system
G65.0Sequelae of Guillain-Barre syndrome
G65.1Sequelae of other inflammatory polyneuropathy
G65.2Sequelae of toxic polyneuropathy
G70.00Myasthenia gravis without (acute) exacerbation
G70.01Myasthenia gravis with (acute) exacerbation
G70.1Toxic myoneural disorders
G70.2Congenital and developmental myasthenia
G70.80Lambert-Eaton syndrome, unspecified
G70.81Lambert-Eaton syndrome in disease classified elsewhere
G70.89Other specified myoneural disorders
G70.9Myoneural disorder, unspecified
G71.00Muscular dystrophy, unspecified
G71.01Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy
G71.02Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
G71.031Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy
G71.032Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction
G71.033Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction
G71.0340Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction, unspecified
G71.0341Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to alpha sarcoglycan dysfunction
G71.0342Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to beta sarcoglycan dysfunction
G71.0349Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to other sarcoglycan dysfunction
G71.035Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to anoctamin-5 dysfunction
G71.036Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction
G71.038Other limb girdle muscular dystrophy
G71.09Other specified muscular dystrophies
G71.11Myotonic muscular dystrophy
G71.12Myotonia congenita
G71.13Myotonic chondrodystrophy
G71.14Drug induced myotonia
G71.19Other specified myotonic disorders
G71.20Congenital myopathy, unspecified
G71.21Nemaline myopathy
G71.220X-linked myotubular myopathy
G71.228Other centronuclear myopathy
G71.29Other congenital myopathy
G71.3Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classified
G71.8Other primary disorders of muscles
G71.9Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified
G72.0Drug-induced myopathy
G72.1Alcoholic myopathy
G72.2Myopathy due to other toxic agents
G72.3Periodic paralysis
G72.41Inclusion body myositis [IBM]
G72.49Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
G72.81Critical illness myopathy
G72.89Other specified myopathies
G72.9Myopathy, unspecified
G73.1Lambert-Eaton syndrome in neoplastic disease
G73.3Myasthenic syndromes in other diseases classified elsewhere
G73.7Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G80.0Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy
G80.1Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy
G80.2Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
G80.3Athetoid cerebral palsy
G80.4Ataxic cerebral palsy
G80.8Other cerebral palsy
G81.01Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right dominant side
G81.02Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left dominant side
G81.03Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
G81.04Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side
G81.11Spastic hemiplegia affecting right dominant side
G81.12Spastic hemiplegia affecting left dominant side
G81.13Spastic hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
G81.14Spastic hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side
G81.91Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting right dominant side
G81.92Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left dominant side
G81.93Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting right nondominant side
G81.94Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side
G82.20Paraplegia, unspecified
G82.21Paraplegia, complete
G82.22Paraplegia, incomplete
G82.50Quadriplegia, unspecified
G82.51Quadriplegia, C1-C4 complete
G82.52Quadriplegia, C1-C4 incomplete
G82.53Quadriplegia, C5-C7 complete
G82.54Quadriplegia, C5-C7 incomplete
G83.0Diplegia of upper limbs
G83.10Monoplegia of lower limb affecting unspecified side
G83.11Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right dominant side
G83.12Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left dominant side
G83.13Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right nondominant side
G83.14Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left nondominant side
G83.20Monoplegia of upper limb affecting unspecified side
G83.21Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right dominant side
G83.22Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left dominant side
G83.23Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right nondominant side
G83.24Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left nondominant side
G83.30Monoplegia, unspecified affecting unspecified side
G83.31Monoplegia, unspecified affecting right dominant side
G83.32Monoplegia, unspecified affecting left dominant side
G83.33Monoplegia, unspecified affecting right nondominant side
G83.34Monoplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side
G83.4Cauda equina syndrome
G83.5Locked-in state
G83.81Brown-Sequard syndrome
G83.82Anterior cord syndrome
G83.83Posterior cord syndrome
G83.84Todd's paralysis (postepileptic)
G83.89Other specified paralytic syndromes
G90.01Carotid sinus syncope
G90.09Other idiopathic peripheral autonomic neuropathy
G90.2Horner's syndrome
G90.4Autonomic dysreflexia
G90.511Complex regional pain syndrome I of right upper limb
G90.512Complex regional pain syndrome I of left upper limb
G90.513Complex regional pain syndrome I of upper limb, bilateral
G90.521Complex regional pain syndrome I of right lower limb
G90.522Complex regional pain syndrome I of left lower limb
G90.523Complex regional pain syndrome I of lower limb, bilateral
G90.59Complex regional pain syndrome I of other specified site
G93.31Postviral fatigue syndrome
G93.32Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
G93.39Other post infection and related fatigue syndromes
G95.0Syringomyelia and syringobulbia
G95.11Acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic)
G95.19Other vascular myelopathies
G95.20Unspecified cord compression
G95.29Other cord compression
G95.81Conus medullaris syndrome
G95.89Other specified diseases of spinal cord
G99.0Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G99.2Myelopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
H02.141Spastic ectropion of right upper eyelid
H02.142Spastic ectropion of right lower eyelid

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Frequently asked questions

Which ICD-10 codes support medical necessity for CPT 51784?

Medicare coverage policies (LCDs/NCDs and Billing & Coding articles) list 1713 ICD-10 diagnosis codes that support medical necessity for CPT 51784. The covered codes are listed on this page. Coverage varies by MAC/state — always confirm against the policy that applies to you.

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