G57.6 Lesion of plantar nerve

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Applicable to

• Morton's metatarsalgia

Applies from G57 Mononeuropathies of lower limb

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

Codes under G57.6

• G57.60 Lesion of plantar nerve, unspecified lower limb
• G57.61 Lesion of plantar nerve, right lower limb
• G57.62 Lesion of plantar nerve, left lower limb
• G57.63 Lesion of plantar nerve, bilateral lower limbs

Code annotations containing back-references to G57.6

Back-references to G57.6

• Type 1 Excludes: M77.4 Metatarsalgia ("Morton's metatarsalgia (G57.6)")

Back-references to G57

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

Diagnosis Index entries for G57.6

• Lesion (s) (nontraumatic) › nerve › plantar
• Metatarsalgia › anterior
• Metatarsalgia › Morton's
• Mononeuritis › plantar nerve
• Morton's metatarsalgia (neuralgia)(neuroma) (syndrome)
• Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) › Morton's
• Neuroma › digital (toe)
• Neuroma › Morton's
• Neuroma › plantar
• Neuropathy, neuropathic › plantar nerves
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › plantar nerve (s)
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › toe

Nearby codes

• G57.5 Tarsal tunnel syndrome
• G57.50 Tarsal tunnel syndrome, unspecified lower limb
• G57.51 Tarsal tunnel syndrome, right lower limb
• G57.52 Tarsal tunnel syndrome, left lower limb
• G57.53 Tarsal tunnel syndrome, bilateral lower limbs
• G57.6 Lesion of plantar nerve (this code)
• G57.60 Lesion of plantar nerve, unspecified lower limb
• G57.61 Lesion of plantar nerve, right lower limb
• G57.62 Lesion of plantar nerve, left lower limb
• G57.63 Lesion of plantar nerve, bilateral lower limbs
• G57.7 Causalgia of lower limb