G57.3 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve

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Applicable to

• Peroneal nerve palsy

Applies from G57 Mononeuropathies of lower limb

Excludes1 (never code together)

• current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region

Codes under G57.3

• G57.30 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, unspecified lower limb
• G57.31 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, right lower limb
• G57.32 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, left lower limb
• G57.33 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, bilateral lower limbs

Code annotations containing back-references to G57.3

Back-references to G57

• Type 1 Excludes: M79.2 Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified ("mononeuropathies (G56-G58)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G57.3

• Lesion (s) (nontraumatic) › nerve › popliteal (lateral)
• Mononeuritis › lateral › popliteal nerve
• Neuropathy, neuropathic › entrapment › peroneal nerve
• Palsy › peroneal nerve (acute) (tardy)
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › peroneal (nerve)
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › popliteal nerve

Nearby codes

• G57.2 Lesion of femoral nerve
• G57.20 Lesion of femoral nerve, unspecified lower limb
• G57.21 Lesion of femoral nerve, right lower limb
• G57.22 Lesion of femoral nerve, left lower limb
• G57.23 Lesion of femoral nerve, bilateral lower limbs
• G57.3 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve (this code)
• G57.30 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, unspecified lower limb
• G57.31 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, right lower limb
• G57.32 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, left lower limb
• G57.33 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve, bilateral lower limbs
• G57.4 Lesion of medial popliteal nerve