Diplegia of upper limbs

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Diplegia of upper limbs

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 G83 Other paralytic syndromes

Includes

paralysis (complete) (incomplete), except as in G80-G82

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.

Paralysis, paralytic > diplegic
Diplegia
Paralysis, paralytic > brain > diplegia

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
G83.1	Monoplegia of lower limb	Not billable
G83.2	Monoplegia of upper limb	Not billable
G83.3	Monoplegia, unspecified	Not billable
G83.4	Cauda equina syndrome	Valid
G83.5	Locked-in state	Valid
G83.8	Other specified paralytic syndromes	Not billable
G83.9	Paralytic syndrome, unspecified	Valid