Which palsy code should you use?
The Alphabetic Index lists 34 codes under Palsy. Which one applies depends on the qualifier documented in the record — the type, site, cause, or associated condition. Find the qualifier below, then verify the code in the Tabular List before using it.
By type
| atrophic diffuse | G12.22 | Progressive bulbar palsy |
| brachial plexus NEC | G54.0 | Brachial plexus disorders |
| bulbar | G12.22 | Progressive bulbar palsy |
| cerebral | G80.9 | Cerebral palsy, unspecified |
| creeping | G12.22 | Progressive bulbar palsy |
| diver's | T70.3Not billable | Caisson disease [decompression sickness] |
| Erb's | P14.0 | Erb's paralysis due to birth injury |
| facial | G51.0 | Bell's palsy |
| glossopharyngeal | G52.1 | Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve |
| Klumpke | P14.1 | Klumpke's paralysis due to birth injury |
| median nerve | G56.1Not billable | Other lesions of median nerve |
| nerve | G58.9 | Mononeuropathy, unspecified |
| peroneal nerve | G57.3Not billable | Lesion of lateral popliteal nerve |
| progressive supranuclear | G23.1 | Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia [Steele-Richardson-Olszewski] |
| pseudobulbar NEC | G12.29 | Other motor neuron disease |
| radial nerve | G56.3Not billable | Lesion of radial nerve |
| spastic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| ulnar nerve | G56.2Not billable | Lesion of ulnar nerve |
| wasting | G12.29 | Other motor neuron disease |
Palsy Bell's
| newborn | P11.3 | Birth injury to facial nerve |
Palsy brachial plexus NEC
| newborn | P14.3 | Other brachial plexus birth injuries |
Palsy bulbar
| of childhood | G12.1 | Other inherited spinal muscular atrophy |
| pseudo NEC | G12.29 | Other motor neuron disease |
| supranuclear | G23.1 | Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia [Steele-Richardson-Olszewski] |
Palsy cerebral
| ataxic | G80.4 | Ataxic cerebral palsy |
| athetoid | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| choreathetoid | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| diplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| dyskinetic | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| dystonic | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| hemiplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| mixed | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| monoplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| paraplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| quadriplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| spastic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| specified NEC | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| syphilitic | A52.12 | Other cerebrospinal syphilis |
| tetraplegic | G80.8 | Other cerebral palsy |
| diplegic › spastic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| dyskinetic › athetoid | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| dyskinetic › choreathetoid | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| dyskinetic › distonic | G80.3 | Athetoid cerebral palsy |
| hemiplegic › spastic | G80.2 | Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy |
| monoplegic › spastic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| paraplegic › spastic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| quadriplegic › spastic | G80.0 | Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › diplegic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › hemiplegic | G80.2 | Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › monoplegic | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › quadriplegic | G80.0 | Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › specified NEC | G80.1 | Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy |
| spastic › tetrapelgic | G80.0 | Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy |
| syphilitic › congenital | A50.49 | Other late congenital neurosyphilis |
| tetraplegic › spastic | G80.0 | Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy |
Palsy cranial nerve
| multiple | G52.7 | Disorders of multiple cranial nerves |
| multiple › in › infectious disease | B99Not billable | Other and unspecified infectious diseases |
| multiple › in › neoplastic disease | D49.9 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of unspecified site |
| multiple › in › parasitic disease | B89 | Unspecified parasitic disease |
| multiple › in › sarcoidosis | D86.82 | Multiple cranial nerve palsies in sarcoidosis |
Palsy facial
| newborn | P11.3 | Birth injury to facial nerve |
Palsy nerve
| specified NEC | G58.8 | Other specified mononeuropathies |
Palsy seventh nerve
| newborn | P11.3 | Birth injury to facial nerve |