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Choose Single Code for These Paralysis Patients

Published on Tue Feb 24, 2026

Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from sudden, unexplained muscle paralysis in the legs and hips, occurring three or four times in the past six months. The episodes usually last a few minutes, but the patient says the last paralysis bout went on for nearly an hour. The patient reports that their hips and legs feel heavy when [...]
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