I69.96Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease

I69.96 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease. 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 I69.9, choose I69.96 (Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.90), cognitive deficits following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.91), speech and language deficits following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.92), monoplegia of upper limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.93), monoplegia of lower limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.94), hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.95) and other sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.99).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: I69.961 (affecting right dominant side), I69.962 (affecting left dominant side), I69.963 (affecting right non-dominant side), I69.964 (affecting left non-dominant side), I69.965 (bilateral) and I69.969 (affecting unspecified side).

Don't report I69.96 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: hemiplegia/hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.95-), monoplegia of lower limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.94-) and monoplegia of upper limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease (I69.93-).

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.