ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G83.21
Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right dominant side
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G83.21
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G83 — Other paralytic syndromes
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G83.21 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of monoplegia of upper limb affecting right dominant side. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G83
- G83Other paralytic syndromes
- G83.0Diplegia of upper limbs
- G83.1Monoplegia of lower limb
- G83.10Monoplegia of lower limb affecting unspecified side
- G83.11Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right dominant side
- G83.12Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left dominant side
- G83.13Monoplegia of lower limb affecting right nondominant side
- G83.14Monoplegia of lower limb affecting left nondominant side
- G83.2Monoplegia of upper limb
- G83.20Monoplegia of upper limb affecting unspecified side
- G83.22Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left dominant side
- G83.23Monoplegia of upper limb affecting right nondominant side
- G83.24Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left nondominant side
- G83.3Monoplegia, unspecified
- G83.30Monoplegia, unspecified affecting unspecified side
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