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Non-specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 045.0
Acute paralytic poliomyelitis specified as bulbar
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Applies To
  • Infantile paralysis (acute) specified as bulbar
  • Poliomyelitis (acute) (anterior) specified as bulbar
  • Polioencephalitis (acute) (bulbar)
  • Polioencephalomyelitis (acute) (anterior) (bulbar)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 045.0:
  • Meningoencephalopoliomyelitis (see also Poliomyelitis, bulbar) 045.0
    • late effect 138
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • bulbar (chronic) (progressive) 335.22
      • infantile (see also Poliomyelitis, bulbar) 045.0
      • poliomyelitic (see also Poliomyelitis, bulbar) 045.0
      • pseudo 335.23
      • supranuclear 344.89
    • infantile (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
      • atrophic acute 045.1
      • bulbar 045.0
      • cerebral - see Palsy, cerebral
      • paralytic 045.1
      • progressive acute 045.9
      • spastic - see Palsy, cerebral
      • spinal 045.9
    • poliomyelitis (current) (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
      • bulbar 045.0
  • Polioencephalitis (acute) (bulbar) (see also Poliomyelitis, bulbar) 045.0
    • superior hemorrhagic (acute) (Wernicke's) 265.1
    • Wernicke's (superior hemorrhagic) 265.1
  • Polioencephalomyelitis (acute) (anterior) (bulbar) (see also Polioencephalitis) 045.0
  • Poliomyelitis (acute) (anterior) (epidemic) 045.9
    • with
      • paralysis 045.1
        • bulbar 045.0
    • bulbar 045.0
    • cerebral 045.0
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