G83
G83 — Other paralytic syndromes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other paralytic syndromes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
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 G83
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G83. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G83 alone.
Risk adjustment
G83 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 G83
8 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about G83
- Is G83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G83 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G83 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83).