ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G80-G83 › G82.2 Paraplegia › G82.21
Paraplegia, complete
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 Paraplegia, complete
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 G82 Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- congenital cerebral palsy (G80.-)
- functional quadriplegia (R53.2)
- hysterical paralysis (F44.4)
Note
- 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
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.
- Paraparesis
- Paralysis, paralytic > leg > both
- Paralysis, paralytic > lower limb > both
- Paraplegia > complete
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G82.20 | Paraplegia, unspecified | Valid |
| G82.22 | Paraplegia, incomplete | Valid |