G82.5

Clinical Information

• Paralysis of all four limbs.

• Paralysis of both arms and both legs.

• Severe or complete loss of motor function in all four limbs which may result from brain diseases; spinal cord diseases; peripheral nervous system diseases; neuromuscular diseases; or rarely muscular diseases. The locked-in syndrome is characterized by quadriplegia in combination with cranial muscle paralysis. Consciousness is spared and the only retained voluntary motor activity may be limited eye movements. This condition is usually caused by a lesion in the upper brain stem which injures the descending cortico-spinal and cortico-bulbar tracts.

Details

• G82.5 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G82.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G82.5 – other international versions of ICD-10 G82.5 may differ.