R26 ABNORMALITIES OF GAIT AND MOBILITY

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R26

Short Description: Abnormalities of gait and mobility

Long Description: Abnormalities of gait and mobility

The code R26 is NOT VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
- Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
  - Abnormalities of gait and mobility (R26)
    - R26 Abnormalities of gait and mobility

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

The code R26 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Type 1 Excludes Notes:
- ataxia NOS (@R27.0*)
- hereditary ataxia (@G11*.-)
- locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (@A52.11*)
- immobility syndrome (paraplegic) (@M62.3*)

ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
R26.0	Ataxic gait
R26.1	Paralytic gait
R26.2	Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified
R26.8	Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
R26.81	Unsteadiness on feet
R26.89	Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
R26.9	Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023