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G51.0 - Bell's palsy


The ICD 10 Code for Bell's palsy is listed as G51.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: G51.0
Description: Bell's palsy
  • Facial palsy
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
073 - Cranial & Peripheral Nerve Disorders W Mcc
074 - Cranial & Peripheral Nerve Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Block Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50-G59)
Parent G51 - Facial nerve disorders
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 351.0 - Bell's palsy
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of G51.0:
G51.1 - Geniculate ganglionitis
G51.2 - Melkersson's syndrome
G51.3 - Clonic hemifacial spasm
G51.4 - Facial myokymia
G51.8 - Other disorders of facial nerve
G51.9 - Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified