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# R53.2 Functional quadriplegia

ICD-10-CM · [CMS code reference](#source)

**Official ICD-10-CM description:** Functional quadriplegia

## Coding notes

From the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) tabular list. Notes on a parent code or category apply here too.

### Also covers

-   Complete immobility due to severe physical disability or frailty

### Excludes1

Not coded together with this code. The exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

-   frailty NOS (R54)
-   hysterical paralysis (F44.4)
-   immobility syndrome (M62.3)
-   neurologic quadriplegia (G82.5-)
-   quadriplegia (G82.50)

## Related codes

-   [`R53.0` Neoplastic (malignant) related fatigue ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r53.0/)
-   [`R53.1` Weakness ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r53.1/)
-   [`R53.81` Other malaise ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r53.81/)
-   [`R53.82` Chronic fatigue, unspecified ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r53.82/)
-   [`R53.83` Other fatigue ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r53.83/)

## Common questions

### Is R53.2 a billable code?

Yes. R53.2 is a billable ICD-10-CM code in the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) code set.

## From the source

Official description from [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/icd-10-codes).
ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026).

Code set

ICD-10-CM

Category

R53 Malaise and fatigue

Chapter

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

Billable

Yes

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