Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Determine Correct ICD-10 Code for Mixed Cerebral Palsy
Published on Wed Jun 13, 2018
Question: Which diagnosis code would you report for mixed cerebral palsy? South Dakota Subscriber Answer: You would report G80.8 (Other cerebral palsy). This code is for cerebral palsy other than the spastic diplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic cerebral palsy, congenital spastic cerebral palsy, athetoid cerebral palsy, and ataxic cerebral palsy. The code applies to mixed cerebral palsy, which may have features of spastic, athetoid, and ataxic cerebral palsies.
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