I69.26Other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage

I69.26 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage. It belongs to category I69 (sequelae of cerebrovascular disease), block I60-I69 (cerebrovascular diseases) and chapter 9 (diseases of the circulatory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within I69.2, choose I69.26 (Other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified sequelae of other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.20), cognitive deficits following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.21), speech and language deficits following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.22), monoplegia of upper limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.23), monoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.24), hemiplegia and hemiparesis following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.25) and other sequelae of other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.29).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: I69.261 (affecting right dominant side), I69.262 (affecting left dominant side), I69.263 (affecting right non-dominant side), I69.264 (affecting left non-dominant side), I69.265 (bilateral) and I69.269 (affecting unspecified side).

Don't report I69.26 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: hemiplegia/hemiparesis following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.25-), monoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.24-) and monoplegia of upper limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.23-).

Use an additional code to identify type of paralytic syndrome, such as: locked-in state (G83.5) and quadriplegia (G82.5-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.