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Compare/I69.24 vs I69.26

I69.24 vs I69.26

I69.24 (Monoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage) compared with I69.26 (Other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. I69.26 carries an Excludes1 note covering I69.24: “monoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (I69.24-)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

I69.24Monoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhageI69.26Other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: I69.241, I69.242, I69.243, I69.244, I69.249

Non-billable header

Report instead: I69.261, I69.262, I69.263, I69.264, I69.265

ClassificationI00-I99 — Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99)I00-I99 — Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99)
DefinitionMonoplegia of lower limb following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (I69.24).Other paralytic syndrome following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (I69.26).
Use additional code
code to identify presence of:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
code to identify type of paralytic syndrome, such as:
locked-in state (G83.5)
quadriplegia (G82.5-)

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources