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R26

Abnormalities of gait and mobility

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R25-R29 - Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R26

  • R27.0 - ataxia NOS (R27.0)
  • hereditary ataxia (G11.-)
  • A52.11 - locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11)
  • M62.3 - immobility syndrome (paraplegic) (M62.3)

Specific Codes (5)

R26.0Billable

Ataxic gait

R26.1Billable

Paralytic gait

R26.2Billable

Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified

R26.8Category

Other abnormalities of gait and mobility

R26.9Billable

Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility

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