G46.3
Brain stem stroke syndrome
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
G00-G99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 7
Index entries leading here 12
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Benedikt's paralysis or syndrome G46.3
- Céstan (-Chenais) paralysis or syndrome G46.3
- Claude's disease or syndrome G46.3
- Foville's (peduncular) disease or syndrome G46.3
- Gubler-Millard paralysis or syndrome G46.3
- Millard-Gubler (-Foville) paralysis or syndrome G46.3
- Wallenberg's disease or syndrome G46.3
- Weber-Gubler syndrome G46.3
- Weber-Leyden syndrome G46.3
- Weber's paralysis or syndrome G46.3
Alongside this code 8 same parent — G46
G46.0 Middle cerebral artery syndrome G46.1 Anterior cerebral artery syndrome G46.2 Posterior cerebral artery syndrome G46.4 Cerebellar stroke syndrome G46.5 Pure motor lacunar syndrome G46.6 Pure sensory lacunar syndrome G46.7 Other lacunar syndromes G46.8 Oth vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
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