R29.1
R29.1: Meningismus
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R29.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meningismus. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R29.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R29.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dupré's disease(meningism)
- Meningismus(infectional) (pneumococcal)
- Disease, diseased›Dupré's(meningism)
- Meningismus›due to serum or vaccine
- Rigid, rigidity›nuchal
- Syndrome›Dupré's(meningism)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under R29
- R29.0Tetany
- R29.2Abnormal reflex
- R29.3Abnormal posture
- R29.4Clicking hip
- R29.5Transient paralysis
- R29.6Repeated falls
- R29.7National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score
- R29.8Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
- R29.9Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems