Diagnosis Code

R26.9 UNSPECIFIED ABNORMALITIES OF GAIT AND MOBILITY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R26.9

Short Description: Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility

Long Description: Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility

The code R26.9 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)
        • R26.9 Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal gait
  • Bizarre gait
  • Cannot get about
  • Functional gait abnormality
  • General difficulty in moving
  • High level sensorimotor gait disorder
  • Incongruous gait
  • Incongruous gait
  • Intellectual disability, seizures, abnormal gait, facial dysmorphism syndrome
  • Low level sensorimotor gait disorder
  • Middle level sensorimotor gait disorder
  • Pretended abnormality of gait

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R26.9 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
R26.81 Unsteadiness on feet
R26.89 Other abnormalities of gait and mobility


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