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ICD-10-CM Code for Unsteadiness on feet R26.81

ICD-10 code R26.81 for Unsteadiness on feet is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Unsteadiness on feet

R26

Excludes1: ataxia NOS (R27.0)
hereditary ataxia (G11.-)
locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11)
immobility syndrome (paraplegic) (M62.3)

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Was I wrong?
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99213 and 73630 in same visit
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help with coverage for 11055/11056/11057 for straight Medicare 11055 fqhc medicare
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Ambulatory Dysfunction?
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Ambulatory Dysfunction?
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