355.79 OTH MONONEUR LOWER LIMB


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 355.79

Short Description: Oth mononeur lower limb

Long Description: Other mononeuritis of lower limb

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Disorders of the peripheral nervous system (350-359)
      • 355 Mononeuritis of lower limb
        • 355.79 Oth mononeur lower limb

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Compartment syndrome of foot
  • Compartment syndrome of lower leg
  • Compression neuropathy of ilioinguinal nerve
  • Cruralgia
  • Entrapment neuropathy of lower limb
  • Iliohypogastric nerve neuritis
  • Ilio-inguinal nerve entrapment
  • Ilioinguinal neuropathy
  • Neuritis of saphenous nerve
  • Obturator nerve compression
  • Obturator nerve lesion
  • Obturator nerve paralysis
  • Popliteal entrapment syndrome
  • Sural neuropathy
  • Sural neuropathy in calf
  • Tibial nerve lesion

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 355.79 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Compression
    • nerve NEC - see also Disorder, nerve
      • iliohypogastric 355.79
      • ilioinguinal 355.79
      • obturator 355.79
      • saphenous 355.79
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • nerve 349.9
      • iliohypogastric 355.79
      • ilioinguinal 355.79
      • obturator 355.79
      • saphenous 355.79
      • specified NEC 355.9
        • lower limb 355.79
  • Lesion(s)
    • iliohypogastric nerve 355.79
    • ilioinguinal nerve 355.79
    • obturator nerve 355.79
    • saphenous nerve 355.79
  • Mononeuritis 355.9
    • lower limb 355.8
      • specified nerve NEC 355.79
  • Mononeuropathy (see also Mononeuritis) 355.9
    • iliohypogastric nerve 355.79
    • ilioinguinal nerve 355.79
    • obturator nerve 355.79
    • saphenous nerve 355.79
  • Neuropathy, neuropathic (see also Disorder, nerve) 355.9
    • entrapment 355.9
      • iliohypogastric nerve 355.79
      • ilioinguinal nerve 355.79
      • obturator nerve 355.79
      • saphenous nerve 355.79

Crosswalk Information

The code 355.79 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
355.79 Right Arrow G57.80 Other specified mononeuropathies of unspecified lower limb
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
355.0 Lesion of sciatic nerve
355.1 Meralgia paresthetica
355.2 Other lesion of femoral nerve
355.3 Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve
355.4 Lesion of medial popliteal nerve
355.5 Tarsal tunnel syndrome
355.6 Lesion of plantar nerve
355.71 Causalgia of lower limb
355.8 Mononeuritis of lower limb, unspecified
355.9 Mononeuritis of unspecified site


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