ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G80-G83 › G81.0 Flaccid hemiplegia › G81.03
Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from G81 Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- 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-)
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.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Hemiparesis
- Hemiparalysis
- Mills' disease
- Paralysis, paralytic > left side
- Paralysis, paralytic > hemiplegic
- Paralysis, paralytic > right side
- Hemiplegia > flaccid
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G81.00 | Flaccid hemiplegia affecting unspecified side | Valid |
| G81.01 | Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right dominant side | Valid |
| G81.02 | Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left dominant side | Valid |
| G81.04 | Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side | Valid |