ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R29.730
NIHSS score 30
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R29.730
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R29 — Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R29.730 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of nihss score 30. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R29
- R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
- R29.0Tetany
- R29.1Meningismus
- R29.2Abnormal reflex
- R29.3Abnormal posture
- R29.4Clicking hip
- R29.5Transient paralysis
- R29.6Repeated falls
- R29.7National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score
- R29.70NIHSS score 0-9
- R29.700NIHSS score 0
- R29.701NIHSS score 1
- R29.702NIHSS score 2
- R29.703NIHSS score 3
- R29.704NIHSS score 4
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