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G72.3 - Periodic paralysis


The ICD 10 Code for Periodic paralysis is listed as G72.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: G72.3
Description: Periodic paralysis
  • Familial periodic paralysis
  • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (familial)
  • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (familial)
  • Myotonic periodic paralysis (familial)
  • Normokalemic paralysis (familial)
  • Potassium sensitive periodic paralysis
  • Excludes1: paramyotonia congenita (of von Eulenburg) (G71.19)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
091 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Mcc
092 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Cc
093 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73)
Parent G72 - Other and unspecified myopathies
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 359.3 - Periodic paralysis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of G72.3:
G72.0 - Drug-induced myopathy
G72.1 - Alcoholic myopathy
G72.2 - Myopathy due to other toxic agents
G72.4 - Inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
G72.8 - Other specified myopathies
G72.9 - Myopathy, unspecified