DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

R26 Abnormalities of gait and mobility

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R26 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 5 subdivisions.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R25-R29 Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
  3. R26 Abnormalities of gait and mobility
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
16

Codes in R26

  1. R26.0
    Ataxic gait
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Staggering gait
  2. R26.1
    Paralytic gait
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Spastic gait
  3. R26.2
    Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified
    Billable
    Excludes1 1, Excludes2 1

    Excludes1

    Excludes2

    • unsteadiness on feet (R26.81) R26.81
  4. R26.8
    Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
    Header
  5. R26.81
    Unsteadiness on feet
    Billable
  6. R26.89
    Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
    Billable
  7. R26.9
    Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R26

Excludes1

  • ataxia NOS (R27.0) R27.0
  • hereditary ataxia (G11.-) G11
  • locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11) A52.11
  • immobility syndrome (paraplegic) (M62.3) M62.3

Notes that also apply

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Staggering gait → R26.0
  • Dysbasia → R26.2
  • Unsteadiness on feet → R26.81
  • Imbalance → R26.89
  • Gait abnormality → R26.9
  • Ataxia, ataxy, ataxicgait → R26.0
  • Gait abnormalityataxic → R26.0
  • Gait abnormalitystaggering → R26.0
  • Gait abnormalityparalytic → R26.1
  • Gait abnormalityspastic → R26.1
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete)gait → R26.1
  • Difficult, difficulty (in)walking → R26.2
  • Gait abnormalitywalking difficulty NEC → R26.2
  • Walkingdifficulty → R26.2
  • Gait abnormalityunsteadiness → R26.81
  • Gait abnormalityspecified type NEC → R26.89

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