G82
G82 — Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Notes
Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- This category is to be used only when the listed conditions are reported without further specification, or are stated to be old or longstanding but of unspecified cause. The category is also for use in multiple coding to identify these conditions resulting from any cause
Other codes that can never be billed with G82
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G82. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G82 alone.
- R53.2Functional quadriplegia
Risk adjustment
G82 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G82
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about G82
- Is G82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G82 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83).
- What cannot be coded together with G82?
- G82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.