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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 344
Other paralytic syndromes
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 9 ICD-9-CM codes below 344 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Note
This category is to be used when the listed conditions are reported without further specification or are stated to be old or long-standing but of unspecified cause. The category is also for use in multiple coding to identify these conditions resulting from any cause.
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  • Paralysis of all four limbs
  • Paralysis of both arms and both legs
  • 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 Includes
  • paralysis (complete) (incomplete), except as classifiable to 342 and 343
344 Excludes
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