2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Disorders Of The Peripheral Nervous System 350-359 > Muscular Dystrophies And Other Myopathies 359.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 359.3 Familial periodic paralysis View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 359.3 A heterogenous group of inherited disorders characterized by recurring attacks of rapidly progressive flaccid paralysis or myotonia. These conditions have in common a mutation of the gene encoding the alpha subunit of the sodium channel in skeletal muscle. They are frequently associated with fluctuations in serum potassium levels. Periodic paralysis may also occur as a non-familial process secondary to THYROTOXICOSIS and other conditions. An autosomal dominant familial disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of skeletal muscle weakness associated with falls in serum potassium levels. The condition usually presents in the first or second decade of life with attacks of trunk and leg paresis during sleep or shortly after awakening. Symptoms may persist for hours to days and generally are precipitated by exercise or a meal high in carbohydrates. 359.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 359.3 contains 14 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 359.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis  Index entries containing 359.3: Adynamia (episodica) (hereditary) (periodic) 359.3 Cavare's disease (familial periodic paralysis) 359.3 Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome Cavare's (familial periodic paralysis) 359.3 familial periodic paralysis 359.3 Gamstorp's (adynamia episodica hereditaria) 359.3 periodic (familial) (Reimann's) NEC paralysis 359.3 Gamstorp's disease (adynamia episodica hereditaria) 359.3 Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9 familial 359.3 periodic 359.3 spastic 334.1 hyperkalemic periodic (familial) 359.3 hypokalemic periodic 359.3 normokalemic periodic 359.3 periodic (familial) (hyperkalemic) (hypokalemic) (normokalemic) (secondary) 359.3 Periodic - see also condition paralysis (familial) 359.3