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CPT 92651: ICD-10 codes that support medical necessity

2318 covered diagnosis codes under Medicare coverage policies (LCD/NCD)

These ICD-10-CM diagnoses support medical necessity for CPT 92651 under Medicare coverage policies (LCDs, NCDs, and Billing & Coding articles). Billing CPT 92651 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
A39.82Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
A52.11Tabes dorsalis
A52.13Late syphilitic meningitis
A52.14Late syphilitic encephalitis
A52.15Late syphilitic neuropathy
A52.17General paresis
A52.19Other symptomatic neurosyphilis
A69.21Meningitis due to Lyme disease
A69.22Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease
A69.23Arthritis due to Lyme disease
A69.29Other conditions associated with Lyme disease
A81.00Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, unspecified
A81.01Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.09Other Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A83.0Japanese encephalitis
A83.1Western equine encephalitis
A83.2Eastern equine encephalitis
A83.3St Louis encephalitis
A83.4Australian encephalitis
A83.5California encephalitis
A83.6Rocio virus disease
A83.8Other mosquito-borne viral encephalitis
A84.0Far Eastern tick-borne encephalitis [Russian spring-summer encephalitis]
A84.1Central European tick-borne encephalitis
A84.81Powassan virus disease
A84.89Other tick-borne viral encephalitis
A85.2Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified
B00.4Herpesviral encephalitis
B00.82Herpes simplex myelitis
B02.24Postherpetic myelitis
B05.0Measles complicated by encephalitis
B06.01Rubella encephalitis
C41.2Malignant neoplasm of vertebral column
C70.0Malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges
C70.1Malignant neoplasm of spinal meninges
C71.6Malignant neoplasm of cerebellum
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
D32.0Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges
D32.1Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges
D33.0Benign neoplasm of brain, supratentorial
D33.1Benign neoplasm of brain, infratentorial
D33.3Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves
D33.4Benign neoplasm of spinal cord
D33.7Benign neoplasm of other specified parts of central nervous system
D42.0Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cerebral meninges
D42.1Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of spinal meninges
D43.0Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of brain, supratentorial
D43.1Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of brain, infratentorial
D43.4Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of spinal cord
D44.3Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pituitary gland
D44.4Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of craniopharyngeal duct
D44.5Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pineal gland
E03.5Myxedema coma
E08.42Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic polyneuropathy
E09.42Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic polyneuropathy
E10.42Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E11.42Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E13.42Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic polyneuropathy
E71.50Peroxisomal disorder, unspecified
E71.510Zellweger syndrome
E71.511Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
E71.518Other disorders of peroxisome biogenesis
E71.520Childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
E71.521Adolescent X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
E71.522Adrenomyeloneuropathy
E71.528Other X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
E71.53Other group 2 peroxisomal disorders
E71.540Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
E71.541Zellweger-like syndrome
E71.542Other group 3 peroxisomal disorders
E71.548Other peroxisomal disorders
E75.00GM2 gangliosidosis, unspecified
E75.01Sandhoff disease
E75.02Tay-Sachs disease
E75.09Other GM2 gangliosidosis
E75.11Mucolipidosis IV
E75.19Other gangliosidosis
E75.23Krabbe disease
E75.25Metachromatic leukodystrophy
E75.27Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
E75.28Canavan disease
E75.29Other sphingolipidosis
E75.4Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
E83.01Wilson's disease
E83.09Other disorders of copper metabolism
F01.518Vascular dementia, unspecified severity, with other behavioral disturbance
F01.A18Vascular dementia, mild, with other behavioral disturbance
F01.B18Vascular dementia, moderate, with other behavioral disturbance
F01.C18Vascular dementia, severe, with other behavioral disturbance
F02.818Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified severity, with other behavioral disturbance
F02.A18Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, mild, with other behavioral disturbance
F02.B18Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, moderate, with other behavioral disturbance
F02.C18Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, severe, with other behavioral disturbance
F07.81Postconcussional syndrome
F44.4Conversion disorder with motor symptom or deficit
F44.5Conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions
F44.6Conversion disorder with sensory symptom or deficit
F44.7Conversion disorder with mixed symptom presentation
F44.9Dissociative and conversion disorder, unspecified
F70Mild intellectual disabilities
F71Moderate intellectual disabilities
F72Severe intellectual disabilities
F73Profound intellectual disabilities
F78.A9Other genetic related intellectual disability
F79Unspecified intellectual disabilities
F80.0Phonological disorder
F80.1Expressive language disorder
F80.2Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
F80.4Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss
F80.81Childhood onset fluency disorder
F80.82Social pragmatic communication disorder
F80.89Other developmental disorders of speech and language
F80.9Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified
F81.0Specific reading disorder
F81.81Disorder of written expression
F82Specific developmental disorder of motor function
F88Other disorders of psychological development
F95.2Tourette's disorder
F98.29Other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhood
F98.5Adult onset fluency disorder
G05.4Myelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
G06.1Intraspinal abscess and granuloma
G10Huntington's disease
G11.0Congenital nonprogressive ataxia
G11.11Friedreich ataxia
G11.19Other early-onset cerebellar ataxia
G11.2Late-onset cerebellar ataxia
G11.3Cerebellar ataxia with defective DNA repair
G11.4Hereditary spastic paraplegia
G11.8Other hereditary ataxias
G13.0Paraneoplastic neuromyopathy and neuropathy
G13.1Other systemic atrophy primarily affecting central nervous system in neoplastic disease
G21.0Malignant neuroleptic syndrome
G23.0Hallervorden-Spatz disease
G23.1Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia [Steele-Richardson-Olszewski]
G23.2Striatonigral degeneration
G23.8Other specified degenerative diseases of basal ganglia
G23.9Degenerative disease of basal ganglia, unspecified
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
G25.1Drug-induced tremor
G25.2Other specified forms of tremor
G25.3Myoclonus
G25.4Drug-induced chorea
G25.5Other chorea
G25.61Drug induced tics
G25.69Other tics of organic origin
G25.70Drug induced movement disorder, unspecified
G25.71Drug induced akathisia
G25.79Other drug induced movement disorders
G25.81Restless legs syndrome
G25.82Stiff-man syndrome
G25.83Benign shuddering attacks
G25.89Other specified extrapyramidal and movement disorders
G26Extrapyramidal and movement disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
G30.0Alzheimer's disease with early onset
G30.1Alzheimer's disease with late onset
G30.8Other Alzheimer's disease
G30.9Alzheimer's disease, unspecified
G31.01Pick's disease
G31.09Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder
G31.80Leukodystrophy, unspecified
G31.83Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
G31.85Corticobasal degeneration
G31.86Alexander disease
G31.87Primary progressive apraxia of speech
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
G37.9Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified
G40.001Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.009Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.011Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.019Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.101Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.109Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.111Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.119Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.201Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.209Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.211Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.219Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.301Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.309Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.311Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.319Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.401Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.409Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.411Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.419Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.42Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Like 5 Deficiency Disorder
G40.501Epileptic seizures related to external causes, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.509Epileptic seizures related to external causes, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.801Other epilepsy, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.802Other epilepsy, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.803Other epilepsy, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.804Other epilepsy, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.811Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.812Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.813Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.814Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.821Epileptic spasms, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.822Epileptic spasms, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.823Epileptic spasms, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.824Epileptic spasms, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.833Dravet syndrome, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.834Dravet syndrome, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.841KCNQ2-related epilepsy, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.842KCNQ2-related epilepsy, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.843KCNQ2-related epilepsy, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.844KCNQ2-related epilepsy, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.89Other seizures
G40.901Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.909Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.911Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.919Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.A01Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.A09Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.A11Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.A19Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.B01Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.B09Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, not intractable, without status epilepticus
G40.B11Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, intractable, with status epilepticus
G40.B19Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, intractable, without status epilepticus
G45.0Vertebro-basilar artery syndrome
G45.1Carotid artery syndrome (hemispheric)
G45.2Multiple and bilateral precerebral artery syndromes
G45.8Other transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes
G46.0Middle cerebral artery syndrome
G46.1Anterior cerebral artery syndrome
G46.2Posterior cerebral artery syndrome
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
G51.9Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified
G52.1Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve
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
G55Nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere
G56.41Causalgia of right upper limb
G56.42Causalgia of left upper limb
G56.43Causalgia 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
G58.7Mononeuritis multiplex
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
G61.0Guillain-Barre syndrome
G61.1Serum neuropathy
G61.81Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis
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
G71.11Myotonic 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
G72.0Drug-induced myopathy
G72.1Alcoholic myopathy
G72.2Myopathy due to other toxic agents
G72.3Periodic paralysis
G73.1Lambert-Eaton syndrome in neoplastic disease
G73.3Myasthenic syndromes in other 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
G80.9Cerebral palsy, unspecified
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
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
G83.9Paralytic syndrome, unspecified
G90.3Multi-system degeneration of the autonomic nervous system
G93.2Benign intracranial hypertension
G95.0Syringomyelia and syringobulbia
G95.11Acute infarction of spinal cord (embolic) (nonembolic)
G95.19Other vascular myelopathies
G95.81Conus medullaris syndrome
G95.89Other specified diseases of spinal cord
G99.2Myelopathy in diseases classified elsewhere

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Frequently asked questions

Which ICD-10 codes support medical necessity for CPT 92651?

Medicare coverage policies (LCDs/NCDs and Billing & Coding articles) list 2318 ICD-10 diagnosis codes that support medical necessity for CPT 92651. 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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