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ICD-10-CM Code for Repeated falls R29.6

ICD-10 code R29.6 for Repeated falls 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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Repeated falls
Falling
Tendency to fall
Excludes2: at risk for falling (Z91.81)
history of falling (Z91.81)

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