G52.8

Disorders of other specified cranial nerves

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 16 never code together

G52code

Excludes2

disorders of acoustic [8th] nerve (H93.3)H93.3
disorders of optic [2nd] nerve (H46, H47.0)H46 H47.0
paralytic strabismus due to nerve palsy (H49.0-H49.2)H49.0-H49.2

G50-G59block

Excludes1

current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region
neuralgia NOS (M79.2)M79.2
neuritis NOS (M79.2)M79.2
peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-)O26.82-
radiculitis NOS (M54.1-)M54.1-

G00-G99chapter

Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes

No further instructional notes apply.

Index entries leading here 6

Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- nerve G58.9
  - accessory G52.8
  - cranial G52.9
    - eleventh G52.8
    - specified NEC G52.8
Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
- nerve — see also Disorder, nerve
  - accessory G52.8
- accessory nerve G52.8
- spinal (cord) G83.9
  - accessory nerve G52.8
- trapezius G52.8
- sternomastoid G52.8
Atrophy, atrophic (of)
- nerve — see also Disorder, nerve
  - accessory G52.8
  - cranial G52.9
    - eleventh (accessory) G52.8
Neuritis (rheumatoid) M79.2
- accessory (nerve) G52.8
- cranial nerve
  - eleventh or accessory G52.8
Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) M79.2
- accessory (nerve) G52.8
Compression
- cranial nerve G52.9
  - eleventh G52.8

Alongside this code 6 same parent — G52

G52.0 Disorders of olfactory nerve G52.1 Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve G52.2 Disorders of vagus nerve G52.3 Disorders of hypoglossal nerve G52.7 Disorders of multiple cranial nerves G52.9 Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified

Medications 1

2 Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: G52
Block: G50-G59
Siblings: 6

Present FY2024–FY2027.