G80

Cerebral palsy

FY2027Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system/G80–G83 Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

G80 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for cerebral palsy. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are G80.0 Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, G80.1 Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, G80.2 Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy, G80.3 Athetoid cerebral palsy and 3 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • hereditary spastic paraplegia (G11.4)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

More specific codes under G80 7