2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Other Disorders Of The Central Nervous System 340-349 > Other Paralytic Syndromes 344.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 344.00
Quadriplegia unspecified On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 344.00 can be accessed here. - Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from BRAIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; or rarely MUSCULAR DISEASES. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper BRAIN STEM which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.
- 344.00 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 344.00 contains 1 index entry
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 344.* hierarchy
Index entries containing 344.00:- Quadriplegia
 344.00- with fracture, vertebra (process) - see Fracture, vertebra, cervical, with spinal cord injury
- brain (current episode) 437.8
- C1-C4
- C5-C7
- cerebral (current episode) 437.8
- congenital or infantile (cerebral) (spastic) (spinal) 343.2
- cortical 437.8
- embolic (current episode) (see also Embolism, brain) 434.1
- infantile (cerebral) (spastic) (spinal) 343.2
- newborn NEC 767.0
- specified NEC 344.09
- thrombotic (current episode) (see also Thrombosis, brain) 434.0
- traumatic - see Injury, spinal, cervical
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