National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7)

R29.7

ICD-10-CM Code for National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score R29.7

ICD-10 code R29.7 for National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 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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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score

Code first the type of cerebral infarction (I63.-)

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