Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 343.9
Infantile cerebral palsy unspecified
  • Short description: Cerebral palsy NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 343.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 343.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 343.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 343.9: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 343.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G80.9 Cerebral palsy, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Ataxic cerebral palsy (disorder)
  • Atonic cerebral palsy (disorder)
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Cerebral palsy (CP)
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), ataxic
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), atonic
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), dystonic
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), hypotonic
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), infantile spastic
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), less than 18 years old
  • Cerebral palsy (CP), neuromuscular
  • Cerebral palsy under eighteen years old (disorder)
  • Cerebral palsy, < 18 yo
  • Cerebral palsy, ataxic
  • Cerebral palsy, atonic
  • Cerebral palsy, dystonic
  • Cerebral palsy, hypotonic
  • Cerebral palsy, infantile
  • Cerebral palsy, infantile spastic
  • Cerebral palsy, neuromuscular
  • Cervical neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Cervicothoracic neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Cervicothoracic scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Dystonic/rigid cerebral palsy (disorder)
  • Hypotonic cerebral palsy (disorder)
  • Infantile brain palsy
  • Infantile cerebral palsy
  • Infantile spastic cerebral palsy (disorder)
  • Lumbar neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Lumbosacral neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Lumbosacral scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Neuromuscular cerebral palsy
  • Neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Occipitoatlantoaxial neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Occipitoatlantoaxial scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Thoracic neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Thoracolumbar neuromuscular scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
  • Thoracolumbar scoliosis due to cerebral palsy
Applies To
  • Cerebral palsy NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 343.9:
  • Clark's paralysis 343.9
  • Damage
  • Palsy (see also Paralysis) 344.9
    • cerebral (congenital) (infantile) (spastic) 343.9
      • athetoid 333.71
      • diplegic 343.0
        • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
      • hemiplegic 343.1
      • monoplegic 343.3
      • noncongenital or noninfantile 437.8
        • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
      • paraplegic 343.0
      • quadriplegic 343.2
      • spastic, not congenital or infantile 344.89
      • syphilitic 094.89
      • tetraplegic 343.2
    • spastic (cerebral) (spinal) 343.9
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • Clark's 343.9
    • spastic 344.9
      • cerebral infantile - see Palsy, cerebral
      • congenital (cerebral) - see Palsy, cerebral
      • familial 334.1
      • hereditary 334.1
      • infantile 343.9
      • noncongenital or noninfantile, cerebral 344.9
      • syphilitic 094.0
    • 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
      • 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
  • Spastic - see also Spasm
    • child 343.9
  • Spasticity - see also Spasm
    • cerebral, child 343.9
  • Tabes, tabetic
    • spasmodic 094.0
      • not dorsal or dorsalis 343.9
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