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26 Ιαν 2024 · Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes tingling, numbness and burning pain in the outer thigh. It's caused by compression of the nerve that provides feeling to the skin covering the thigh. Meralgia paresthetica also is known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment.
27 Μαρ 2023 · Meralgia paresthetica is a medical condition that causes pain and sensations of aching, burning, numbness or stabbing in your thigh area. The condition results from compression (pressure on or squeezing) of your lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN).
26 Ιαν 2024 · Pain relief achieved from anesthetic injection into your thigh where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve enters into it can confirm that you have meralgia paresthetica. Ultrasound imaging might be used to guide the needle.
ICD 10 code for Pain in thigh. Get free rules, notes, crosswalks, synonyms, history for ICD-10 code M79.65.
Examples of paresthesias (abnormal sensations but not unpleasant) and dysthesias (abnormal sensations that are unpleasant) are burning, tingling, numbness, stinging, hypersensitivity, and itching. The symptom intensity can be mild to severe in a way that limits function due to pain.
Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by tingling, numbness, burning pain or rarely, intense itch (pruritus) on the outside of the thigh. In about one in five people, it can affect both sides. Symptoms can be intermittent or continuous. They tend to be made worse by standing and walking and relieved by sitting.
M79.65 is a non-billable diagnosis code for pain in thigh, use codes with a higher level of specificity: M79.651, M79.652 or M79.659.
