icd 10 code for brown sequard syndrome

What is Brown-Séquard syndrome?

Definition. Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare neurological condition characterized by a lesion in the spinal cord which results in weakness or paralysis (hemiparaplegia) on one side of the body and a loss of sensation (hemianesthesia) on the opposite side.

Is Brown-Séquard syndrome an upper motor neuron lesion?

Patients with Brown-Séquard syndrome suffer from ipsilateral upper motor neuron paralysis and loss of proprioception, as well as contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation.

Is Brown-Séquard syndrome an incomplete spinal cord injury?

Brown-Séquard syndrome is considered an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), meaning there's partial preservation of sensory function, motor function or a combination of both below where the injury occurred on your spinal cord.

Is Brown-Séquard syndrome complete or incomplete?

Brown Se'quard syndrome is an incomplete pattern of injury showing a hemisection of the spinal cord which results in weakness and paralysis on one side of the damage and loss of pain and temperature sensations on the opposite side.

How is Brown-Séquard syndrome diagnosed?

Radiography. Radiographic studies help to confirm the diagnosis and determine the etiology of Brown-Séquard syndrome. Plain films always are required in acute trauma to the spine, but more information usually is obtained by newer techniques. Spinal plain radiographs may depict bony injury in penetrating or blunt trauma ...

Which tracts are involved in Brown-Séquard syndrome?

Brown-Sequard syndrome is caused by a lateral hemisection of the spinal cord that severs the pyramidal tract (which has already crossed in the medulla), the uncrossed dorsal columns, and the crossed spinothalamic tract.

The ICD code G838 is used to code Brown-Séquard syndrome

Brown-Séquard syndrome (also known as Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia, Brown-Séquard's paralysis, hemiparaplegic syndrome, hemiplegia et hemiparaplegia spinalis, or spinal hemiparaplegia) is caused by damage to one half of the spinal cord, resulting in paralysis and loss of proprioception on the same (or ipsilateral) side as the injury or lesion, and loss of pain and temperature sensation on the opposite (or contralateral) side as the lesion.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'G83.81 - Brown-Sequard syndrome'

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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code G83.81 and a single ICD9 code, 344.89 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.