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
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R53.2Functional quadriplegia
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 G82
2 child codes. Green means billable.