R26.1
R26.1: Paralytic gait
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R26.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for paralytic gait. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R26.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Spastic gait
Other codes that can never be billed with R26.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- F82Specific developmental disorder of motor function
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R26.1 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 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
- Gait abnormality›paralytic
- Gait abnormality›spastic
- Paralysis, paralytic›gait
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.