Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Key: Determine extent of paralysis and level of injury.

Paralytic disorders ranging from minor disability to complete paralysis are a common presentation in any neurosurgical practice.

Quiz yourself: Attempt to answer these questions to assess your understanding for reporting paralytic conditions like cerebral palsy, monoplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia.

Question 1: Which of the following codes do you submit for ataxic cerebral palsy?

           a) G80.4
           b) G80.3
           c) G80.2
           d) G80.1

Question 2: Which of the following codes do you submit for lower limb monoplegia on right dominant side?

           a) G83.10
           b) G83.11
           c) G83.12
           d) G83.13

Question 3: In a right-handed patient, your physician diagnosed flaccid hemiplegia on the left side. Which of the following codes will you submit for this diagnosis?

           a) G81.13
           b) G81.14
           c) G81.04
           d) G81.03

Question 4: Which of the following codes do you submit for quadriplegia?

           a) G82.50
           b) G82.51
           c) G82.52
           d) G82.53

Question 5: Which of the following codes do you submit for mixed cerebral palsy?

           a) G80.3
           b) G80.4
           c) G80.8
           d) G80.2