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ICD-10-CM Code for Paraplegia, unspecified G82.20

ICD-10 code G82.20 for Paraplegia, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Paraplegia, unspecified

G82

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

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