Hemiplegia

Description

This is a severe or complete loss of motor function on one side of the body.

Coding note from above levels

For primary coding, the following categories are to be used only when the relevant paralytic syndrome (complete) (incomplete) is reported without further specification, or is stated to be old or longstanding but of unspecified cause.

Excludes

8D20.0 – spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/76906748 – congenital cerebral palsy

Exclusions from above levels

19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Child codes

MB53.0 – Alternating hemiplegia
MB53.1 – Flaccid hemiplegia
MB53.2 – Spastic hemiplegia
MB53.Z – Hemiplegia, unspecified

Sibling codes

MB50 – Tetraplegia
MB51 – Diplegia of upper extremities
MB52 – Diplegia of lower extremities
MB54 – Monoplegia of upper extremity
MB55 – Monoplegia of lower extremity
MB56 – Paraplegia
MB57 – Functional level of injury of spinal cord
MB5Y – Other specified paralytic symptoms
MB5Z – Paralytic symptoms, unspecified

Foundation entity

Hemiplegia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1641958762

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified