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R29.0

Tetany

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R29R29.0

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

Inclusion Terms

  • Carpopedal spasm

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R29.0

  • F44.5 - hysterical tetany (F44.5)
  • P71.3 - neonatal tetany (P71.3)
  • E20.9 - parathyroid tetany (E20.9)
  • E89.2 - post-thyroidectomy tetany (E89.2)

Related Codes

R29.1Billable

Meningismus

R29.2Billable

Abnormal reflex

R29.3Billable

Abnormal posture

R29.4Billable

Clicking hip

R29.5Billable

Transient paralysis

R29.6Billable

Repeated falls

R29.7Category

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score

R29.8Category

Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

R29.9Category

Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

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