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ICD-10-CM Code for Paraplegia, complete G82.21

ICD-10 code G82.21 for Paraplegia, complete is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Paraplegia, complete

G82

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

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