ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R29.818
Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous system
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R29.818
- 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 R29.818 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other symptoms and signs involving the nervous system. 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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