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ICD-10-CM Code for Transient paralysis R29.5

ICD-10 code R29.5 for Transient paralysis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Transient paralysis
Code first any associated spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-, S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)
Excludes1: transient ischemic attack (G45.9)

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