Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83)

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

Covers default dominant or nondominant side for hemiplegia and monoplegia, and use and sequencing of G89 pain codes, including postoperative, chronic, and neoplasm-related pain.

• Dominant/nondominant side (page 45)
• Pain - Category G89 (page 45)

Read Section I.C.6 (page 45)

All codes under G80-G83

G80-G83 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.

• G80Cerebral palsy
• G80.0Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy
• G80.1Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy
• G80.2Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
• G80.3Athetoid cerebral palsy
• G80.4Ataxic cerebral palsy
• G80.8Other cerebral palsy
• G80.9Cerebral palsy, unspecified
• G81Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
• G81.0Flaccid hemiplegia
• G81.00Flaccid hemiplegia affecting unspecified side
• G81.01Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right dominant side
• G81.02Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left dominant side
• G81.03Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
• G81.04Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side
• G81.1Spastic hemiplegia
• G81.10Spastic hemiplegia affecting unspecified side
• G81.11Spastic hemiplegia affecting right dominant side
• G81.12Spastic hemiplegia affecting left dominant side
• G81.13Spastic hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
• G81.14Spastic hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side
• G81.9Hemiplegia, unspecified
• G81.90Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting unspecified side
• G81.91Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting right dominant side
• G81.92Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left dominant side
• G81.93Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting right nondominant side
• G81.94Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side
• G82Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)
• G82.2Paraplegia
• G82.20Paraplegia, unspecified
• G82.21Paraplegia, complete
• G82.22Paraplegia, incomplete
• G82.5Quadriplegia
• G82.50Quadriplegia, unspecified
• G82.51Quadriplegia, C1-C4 complete
• G82.52Quadriplegia, C1-C4 incomplete
• G82.53Quadriplegia, C5-C7 complete
• G82.54Quadriplegia, C5-C7 incomplete
• G83Other paralytic syndromes
• G83.0Diplegia of upper limbs
• G83.1Monoplegia of lower limb
• G83.10Monoplegia of lower limb affecting unspecified side
• G83.11Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right dominant side
• G83.12Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left dominant side
• G83.13Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right nondominant side
• G83.14Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left nondominant side
• G83.2Monoplegia of upper limb
• G83.20Monoplegia of upper limb affecting unspecified side
• G83.21Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right dominant side
• G83.22Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left dominant side
• G83.23Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right nondominant side
• G83.24Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left nondominant side
• G83.3Monoplegia, unspecified
• G83.30Monoplegia, unspecified affecting unspecified side
• G83.31Monoplegia, unspecified affecting right dominant side
• G83.32Monoplegia, unspecified affecting left dominant side
• G83.33Monoplegia, unspecified affecting right nondominant side
• G83.34Monoplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side
• G83.4Cauda equina syndrome
• G83.5Locked-in state
• G83.8Other specified paralytic syndromes
• G83.81Brown-Sequard syndrome
• G83.82Anterior cord syndrome
• G83.83Posterior cord syndrome
• G83.84Todd's paralysis (postepileptic)
• G83.89Other specified paralytic syndromes
• G83.9Paralytic syndrome, unspecified

G80-G83 MS-DRGs

This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.

About the condition

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