G81.0

G81.0: Flaccid hemiplegia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G81.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for flaccid hemiplegia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G81.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G81: Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

congenital cerebral palsy (G80.-)
hemiplegia and hemiparesis due to sequela of cerebrovascular disease (I69.05-, I69.15-, I69.25-, I69.35-, I69.85-, I69.95-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead G81.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.

G81.00Flaccid hemiplegia affecting unspecified side
G81.01Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right dominant side
G81.02Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left dominant side
G81.03Flaccid hemiplegia affecting right nondominant side
G81.04Flaccid hemiplegia affecting left nondominant side

Other codes under G81

G81.1Spastic hemiplegia
G81.9Hemiplegia, unspecified