R26.0

R26.0: Ataxic gait

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R26.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for ataxic gait. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Staggering gait

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R26.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R26: Abnormalities of gait and mobility

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

Other codes that can never be billed with R26.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

F82Specific developmental disorder of motor function
R27Other lack of coordination

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R26.0 is named in 29 Medicare coverage policies: 29 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Staggering gait
Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›gait
Gait abnormality›ataxic
Gait abnormality›staggering

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.