ICD-10 Code for Paraplegia

The default ICD-10-CM 2027 code for paraplegia (lower) is G82.20 – Paraplegia, unspecified. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (10 codes, 10 billable).

Main code: G82.20 – Paraplegia, unspecified
Billable: Yes

Index entries for Paraplegia

ataxic – see Degeneration, combined, spinal cord
complete – G82.21
congenital (cerebral) – G80.8
- spastic – G80.1
familial spastic – G11.4
functional (hysterical) – F44.4
hereditary, spastic – G11.4
hysterical – F44.4
incomplete – G82.22
Pott's – A18.01
psychogenic – F44.4
spastic
- Erb's spinal, syphilitic – A52.17
- hereditary – G11.4
- tropical – G04.1
syphilitic (spastic) – A52.17
traumatic
- current injury - code to injury with seventh character A
  - sequela of previous injury - code to injury with seventh character S
tropical spastic – G04.1

How to choose the right code

Start with the main term, then pick the indented subterm that matches the documentation (type, cause, site, laterality, episode of care). Always confirm the code in the tabular list: follow its Excludes1/Excludes2, “code first” and “use additional code” notes, and add a 7th character where required.

Source: CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 alphabetic index.