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Diagnosis Code

R26.81 UNSTEADINESS ON FEET


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R26.81

Short Description: Unsteadiness on feet

Long Description: Unsteadiness on feet

The code R26.81 is 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)
        • R26.81 Unsteadiness on feet

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Difficulty balancing
  • Difficulty balancing when standing
  • Does not balance
  • Does not balance when standing
  • Feels as though will fall
  • Finding of general balance
  • Finding of general balance
  • Finding of general balance
  • Finding of turning balance when walking
  • Keeps losing balance
  • Postural sway when standing
  • Unable to balance
  • Unable to balance
  • Unable to balance
  • Unable to balance
  • Unable to balance when standing
  • Unable to balance when standing
  • Unable to balance when standing
  • Unable to balance when standing
  • Unable to balance when standing with both feet apart
  • Unable to balance when standing with both feet in semi tandem stance
  • Unable to balance when standing with both feet in tandem stance
  • Unable to balance when standing with both feet together
  • Unsteadiness present
  • Unsteady when standing
  • Unsteady when turning

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R26.81 Right Arrow 781.2 Abnormality of gait

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

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

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

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