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G82.20
Billable

Paraplegia, unspecified

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Billable Code

G82.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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bilateral leg weakness
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Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness

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bilateral lower extremity weakness
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Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

3 items

From G82.2:

  • Paralysis of both lower limbs NOS
  • Paraparesis (lower) NOS
  • Paraplegia (lower) NOS

Excludes1

3 items

From G82:

  • congenital cerebral palsy (G80.-)
  • functional quadriplegia (R53.2)
  • hysterical paralysis (F44.4)

Excludes2

8 items

From G00-G99:

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Notes

1 item

From G82:

  • This category is to be used only when the listed conditions are reported without further specification, or are stated to be old or longstanding but of unspecified cause. The category is also for use in multiple coding to identify these conditions resulting from any cause
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