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Diseases of the nervous system
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Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes
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Other paralytic syndromes
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G83.8
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G83.8
Other specified paralytic syndromes
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- G83.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM G83.8 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G83.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 G83.8 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as G83.8. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- paralytic syndromes due to current spinal cord injury-code to spinal cord injury (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S14
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at neck level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Note- Code to highest level of cervical cord injury
S14, ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S24
Injury of nerves and spinal cord at thorax level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated:
- fracture of thoracic vertebra (S22.0-)
- open wound of thorax (S21.-)
- transient paralysis (R29.5)
Note- Code to highest level of thoracic spinal cord injury
- Injuries to the spinal cord (S24.0 and S24.1) refer to the cord level and not bone level injury, and can affect nerve roots at and below the level given.
Type 2 Excludes- injury of brachial plexus (S14.3)
S24, ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S34
Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated:
- fracture of vertebra (S22.0-, S32.0-)
- open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S31.-)
- transient paralysis (R29.5)
Note- Code to highest level of lumbar cord injury
- Injuries to the spinal cord (S34.0 and S34.1) refer to the cord level and not bone level injury, and can affect nerve roots at and below the level given.
S34)
The following code(s) above
G83.8 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
G83.8:
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G83.8
G83.23 …… affecting right nondominant side
G83.24 …… affecting left nondominant side
G83.3 Monoplegia, unspecified
G83.30 …… affecting unspecified side
G83.31 …… affecting right dominant side
G83.32 …… affecting left dominant side
G83.33 …… affecting right nondominant side
G83.34 …… affecting left nondominant side
G83.4 Cauda equina syndrome
G83.8
Other specified paralytic syndromes
G83.83 Posterior cord syndrome
G83.84 Todd's paralysis (postepileptic)
G83.89 Other specified paralytic syndromes
G83.9 Paralytic syndrome, unspecified
G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified
G89.0 Central pain syndrome
G89.1 Acute pain, not elsewhere classified
G89.11 Acute pain due to trauma
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.