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ICD-10-CM Code for Paraplegia G82.2

ICD-10 code G82.2 for Paraplegia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Paraplegia
Paralysis of both lower limbs NOS
Paraparesis (lower) NOS
Paraplegia (lower) NOS

G82

Excludes1: congenital cerebral palsy (G80.-)
functional quadriplegia (R53.2)
hysterical paralysis (F44.4)

 
G82.2 Paraplegia
Child Code
Paraplegia, unspecified
Child Code
Paraplegia, complete
Child Code
Paraplegia, incomplete

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