ICD-10 code for cerebral congenital palsy

The ICD-10-CM code for cerebral congenital palsy is G80.9 (Cerebral palsy, unspecified). The official index lists 31 more specific codes, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on G80.9.

Within G80, choose G80.9 (unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (G80.0), spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (G80.1), spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (G80.2), Athetoid cerebral palsy (G80.3), Ataxic cerebral palsy (G80.4) and other cerebral palsy (G80.8).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 091 (Other Disorders of Nervous System with MCC, relative weight 1.7046), DRG 092 (Other Disorders of Nervous System with CC, relative weight 1.0239) and DRG 093 (Other Disorders of Nervous System without CC/MCC, relative weight 0.7783), in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.