ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system
G80-G83 Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes
G81- Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.0

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.0

Flaccid hemiplegia

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

G81.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM G81.0 became effective on October 1, 2021.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G81.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 G81.0 may differ.

The following code(s) above G81.0 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to G81.0:

G00-G99
2022 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99
Diseases of the nervous system
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the nervous system
G81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81
Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
Note
- This category is to be used only when hemiplegia (complete)(incomplete) is reported without further specification, or is stated to be old or longstanding but of unspecified cause. The category is also for use in multiple coding to identify these types of hemiplegia resulting from any cause.
Type 1 Excludes
- congenital cerebral palsy (G80.-)
- hemiplegia and hemiparesis due to sequela of cerebrovascular disease (I69.05-, I69.15-, I69.25-, I69.35-, I69.85-, I69.95-)
Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G81.0:

Hemiplegia G81.9-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.9-
Hemiplegia, unspecified
- flaccid G81.0-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G81.0

G73.7 Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere

G80 Cerebral palsy

G80.0 Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy

G80.1 Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

G80.2 Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

G80.3 Athetoid cerebral palsy

G80.4 Ataxic cerebral palsy

G80.8 Other cerebral palsy

G80.9 Cerebral palsy, unspecified

G81 Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

G81.0 Flaccid hemiplegia

G81.00 …… affecting unspecified side

G81.01 …… affecting right dominant side

G81.02 …… affecting left dominant side

G81.03 …… affecting right nondominant side

G81.04 …… affecting left nondominant side

G81.1 Spastic hemiplegia

G81.10 …… affecting unspecified side

G81.11 …… affecting right dominant side

G81.12 …… affecting left dominant side

G81.13 …… affecting right nondominant side

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.0

Flaccid hemiplegia

Diseases of the nervous system

Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

Hemiplegia, unspecified