2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 342.9 : Hemiplegia unspecified

severe or complete loss of motor function on one side of the body; this condition is usually caused by brain diseases that are localized to the cerebral hemisphere opposite to the side of weakness; less frequently, brain stem lesions; cervical spinal cord diseases, peripheral nervous system diseases, and other conditions may manifest as hemiplegia.
Paralysis of one side of the body.
Paralysis of one side of the body resulting from disease or injury to the brain or spinal cord.
There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 342.9 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
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More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 342.9: 2013.

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 342.9:

Hemiparalysis (see also Hemiplegia) 342.9
Hemiparesis (see also Hemiplegia) 342.9
Hemiplegia 342.9
- acute (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- alternans facialis 344.89
- apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
  - late effect or residual
    - affecting
      - dominant side 438.21
      - nondominant side 438.22
      - unspecified side 438.20
- arteriosclerotic 437.0
  - late effect or residual
    - affecting
      - dominant side 438.21
      - nondominant side 438.22
      - unspecified side 438.20
- ascending (spinal) NEC 344.89
- attack (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- brain, cerebral (current episode) 437.8
  - congenital 343.1
- cerebral - see Hemiplegia, brain
- congenital (cerebral) (spastic) (spinal) 343.1
- conversion neurosis (hysterical) 300.11
- cortical - see Hemiplegia, brain
- due to
  - arteriosclerosis 437.0
    - late effect or residual
      - affecting
        dominant side 438.21
        nondominant side 438.22
        unspecified side 438.20
  - cerebrovascular lesion (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    - late effect
      - affecting
        dominant side 438.21
        nondominant side 438.22
        unspecified side 438.20
- embolic (current) (see also Embolism, brain) 434.1
  - late effect
    - affecting
      - dominant side 438.21
      - nondominant side 438.22
      - unspecified side 438.20
- flaccid 342.0
- hypertensive (current episode) 437.8
- infantile (postnatal) 343.4
- late effect
  - birth injury, intracranial or spinal 343.4
  - cerebrovascular lesion - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  - viral encephalitis 139.0
- middle alternating NEC 344.89
- newborn NEC 767.0
- seizure (current episode) (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- spastic 342.1
  - congenital or infantile 343.1
- specified NEC 342.8
- thrombotic (current) (see also Thrombosis, brain) 434.0
  - late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  - vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
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

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