2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.94: Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81.94

Hemiplegia, unspecified affecting left nondominant side

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code
  • G81.94 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM G81.94 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G81.94 - other international versions of ICD-10 G81.94 may differ.
The following code(s) above G81.94 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to G81.94:
  • G00-G99
    2024 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99

    Diseases of the nervous system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the nervous system
  • G81
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G81

    Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Note
    • This category is to be used only when hemiplegia (complete)(incomplete) is reported without further specification, or is stated to be old or longstanding but of unspecified cause. The category is also for use in multiple coding to identify these types of hemiplegia resulting from any cause.
    Type 1 Excludes
    Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hemiplegia (paralysis on one side)
  • Hemiplegia of left nondominant side
  • Lacunar ataxic hemiparesis of left nondominant side
  • Lacunar ataxic hemiparesis, left nondominant side
ICD-10-CM G81.94 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
  • 056 Degenerative nervous system disorders with mcc
  • 057 Degenerative nervous system disorders without mcc

Convert G81.94 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G81.94
G81.10 …… affecting unspecified side
G81.11 …… affecting right dominant side
G81.12 …… affecting left dominant side
G81.13 …… affecting right nondominant side
G81.14 …… affecting left nondominant side
G81.9 Hemiplegia, unspecified
G81.90 …… affecting unspecified side
G81.91 …… affecting right dominant side
G81.92 …… affecting left dominant side
G81.93 …… affecting right nondominant side
G81.94 …… affecting left nondominant side
G82 Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)
G82.2 Paraplegia
G82.20 …… unspecified
G82.21 …… complete
G82.22 …… incomplete
G82.5 Quadriplegia
G82.50 …… unspecified
G82.51 …… C1-C4 complete
G82.52 …… C1-C4 incomplete
G82.53 …… C5-C7 complete

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.