2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 344.1 : Paraplegia

severe or complete loss of motor function in the lower extremities and lower portions of the trunk.
Paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body.
Complete paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, often caused by damage to the spinal cord.
Paralysis of the lower limbs and trunk.
Short description: PARAPLEGIA NOS.
ICD-9-CM 344.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 344.1:

Diplegia (upper limbs) 344.2
- lower limbs 344.1
Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
- brain
  - congenital - see Palsy, cerebral
  - current episode 437.8
  - diplegia 344.2
    - late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  - hemiplegia 342.9
    - late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  - infantile - see Palsy, cerebral
  - monoplegia - see also Monoplegia
    - late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  - paraplegia 344.1
  - quadriplegia - see Quadriplegia
  - syphilitic, congenital 090.49
  - triplegia 344.89
- extremity
  - lower - see Paralysis, leg
  - spastic (hereditary) 343.3
    - noncongenital or noninfantile 344.1
  - transient (cause unknown) 781.4
  - upper - see Paralysis, arm
- leg 344.30
  - affecting
    - dominant side 344.31
    - nondominant side 344.32
  - both (see also Paraplegia) 344.1
  - crossed 344.89
  - hysterical 300.11
  - psychogenic 306.0
  - transient or transitory 781.4
    - traumatic NEC (see also Injury, nerve, lower limb) 956.9
- lower limb - see also Paralysis, leg
  - both (see also Paraplegia) 344.1
- spinal (cord) NEC 344.1
  - accessory nerve 352.4
  - acute (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
  - ascending acute 357.0
  - atrophic (acute) (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
    - spastic, syphilitic 094.89
  - congenital NEC 343.9
  - hemiplegic - see Hemiplegia
  - hereditary 336.8
  - infantile (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
  - late effect NEC 344.89
  - monoplegic - see Monoplegia
  - nerve 355.9
  - progressive 335.10
  - quadriplegic - see Quadriplegia
  - spastic NEC 343.9
  - traumatic - see Injury, spinal, by site
Paraplegia 344.1
- with
  - broken back - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
  - fracture, vertebra - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
- ataxic - see Degeneration, combined, spinal cord
- brain (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
- cerebral (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
- congenital or infantile (cerebral) (spastic) (spinal) 343.0
- cortical - see Paralysis, brain
- familial spastic 334.1
- functional (hysterical) 300.11
- hysterical 300.11
- infantile 343.0
- late effect 344.1
- Pott's (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
- psychogenic 306.0
- spastic
  - Erb's spinal 094.89
  - hereditary 334.1
  - not infantile or congenital 344.1
- spinal (cord)
  - traumatic NEC - see Injury, spinal, by site
- syphilitic (spastic) 094.89
- traumatic NEC - see Injury, spinal, by site

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