G57.60
Lesion of plantar nerve, unspecified lower limb
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 3 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 14 never code together
G57code
Excludes1
- current traumatic nerve disorder - see nerve injury by body region
G50-G59block
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 1
G57.6code
Inclusion terms
- Morton's metatarsalgia
Index entries leading here 8
- Metatarsalgia M77.4
- Neuroma — see also Neoplasm, nerve, benign
- Lesion (s) (nontraumatic)
- Mononeuritis G58.9
- plantar nerve G57.6
- Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) M79.2
- Morton's G57.6
- Morton's metatarsalgia (neuralgia)(neuroma) (syndrome) G57.6
- Neuropathy, neuropathic G62.9
- plantar nerves G57.6
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
Alongside this code 3 same parent — G57.6
Additional references
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