G50.0
BillableTrigeminal neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Syndrome of paroxysmal facial pain
- Tic douloureux
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- disorders of 5th cranial nerve
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Nasociliary neuralgia31490007
- Fothergill's neuralgia31681005
- TN - Trigeminal neuralgia31681005
- Tic douloureux31681005
- Trifacial neuralgia31681005
- Trigeminal neuralgia31681005
- Fifth cranial nerve finding106155008
- Trigeminal nerve finding106155008
- Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia230537000
- Secondary trigeminal neuralgia230538005
- Idiopathic trigeminal neuropathy230540000
- Disorder of left trigeminal nerve16057991000119109
- Left trigeminal neuropathy16057991000119109
- Disorder of right trigeminal nerve16058031000119107
- Right trigeminal neuropathy16058031000119107
- Left trigeminal neuralgia12242071000119103
- Right trigeminal neuralgia12242111000119105
UMLS
- Disease, FothergillC0040997
- Epileptiform NeuralgiaC0040997
- Epileptiform NeuralgiasC0040997
- FOTHERGILL DISC0040997
- Fothergill DiseaseC0040997
- Fothergill's diseaseC0040997
- Fothergill's neuralgiaC0040997
- Neuralgia trigeminalC0040997
- Neuralgia, EpileptiformC0040997
- Neuralgia, TrifacialC0040997
- Neuralgia, TrigeminalC0040997
- TIC DOULOUREUXC0040997
- TN - Trigeminal neuralgiaC0040997
- TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIAC0040997
- Tic DoloureuxC0040997
- Tic DouleureuxC0040997
- Tic DouloureuxC0040997
- Tic douloureuxC0040997
- Trifacial NeuralgiaC0040997
- Trifacial NeuralgiasC0040997
- Trifacial neuralgiaC0040997
- Trigeminal NeuralgiaC0040997
- Trigeminal NeuralgiasC0040997
- Trigeminal neuralgiaC0040997
- Trigeminal neuralgia (disorder)C0040997
- fothergill diseaseC0040997
- tic douloureuxC0040997
- trifocal neuralgiaC0040997
- trigeminal neuralgiaC0040997
- trigeminus neuralgiaC0040997
- Syndrome of paroxysmal facial painC1406705
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code G50.0?
ICD-10-CM code G50.0 represents "Trigeminal neuralgia". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is G50.0 a billable code?
Yes, G50.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is G50.0 in?
G50.0 is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).
What codes cannot be used with G50.0?
G50.0 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region; neuralgia NOS (M79.2); neuritis NOS (M79.2); and 2 more.
What SNOMED CT codes does G50.0 map to?
G50.0 maps to 10 SNOMED CT concepts: 16057991000119109, 16058031000119107, 106155008, 31681005, 230537000, and 5 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for G50.0?
G50.0 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0040997, C1406705. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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