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Get a Grip on CP ICD-10s With This Info
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffered from “dystonic CP.” I’m pretty sure this is a type of cerebral palsy, but I’m unsure of which diagnosis code to choose. Can you help?
Massachusetts Subscriber
Answer: The ICD-10 code you’re looking for is G80.3 (Athetoid cerebral palsy). “Dystonic cerebral palsy” is listed as an alternate term for athetoid CP.
More on CP: There are several diagnosis codes in the G80.- (Cerebral palsy) code set. Here’s a list of the codes, along with information about alternate terms you might see when reporting these codes:
- G80.0 (Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy)
o AKA: Congenital spastic paralysis (cerebral)
- G80.1 (Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy)
o AKA: Spastic cerebral palsy NOS
- G80.2 (Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy)
- G80.3 (Athetoid cerebral palsy)
o AKA: Double athetosis (syndrome)
o Dyskinetic cerebral palsy
o Dystonic cerebral palsy
o Vogt disease
- G80.4 (Ataxic cerebral palsy)
- G80.8 (Other cerebral palsy)
o AKA: Mixed cerebral palsy syndromes
- G80.9 (Cerebral palsy, unspecified)
o AKA: Cerebral palsy NOS.
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