G82.5
Quadriplegia
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
G82.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for quadriplegia. 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 G82.50 Quadriplegia, unspecified; G82.51 Quadriplegia, C1-C4 complete; G82.52 Quadriplegia, C1-C4 incomplete; G82.53 Quadriplegia, C5-C7 complete and 1 more. Its coding notes include 3 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
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)
Notes
Inherited from G82 Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia
- 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