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R26.89

Billable

Other abnormalities of gait and mobility

Other abnormalities of gait and mobility

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

R25-R29

Parent Code

R26.8

Coding Notes

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Related Codes(1)
R26.81

Unsteadiness on feet

Billable
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(1139)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Hypoplasia of corpus callosum, intellectual disability, adducted thumbs, spasticity, hydrocephalus syndrome
  • Does not mobilise outside
  • Does not skip
  • Finding related to ability to weight-bear on right leg
  • Finding related to ability to get in bath
  • Does not rise from squatting without using hands
  • Unable to negotiate curbs
  • Prosthetic limb gait
  • Difficulty running up stairs
  • Does not conform to a position
  • Stiff legged gait
  • Unable to stand
  • Use of secondary maneuvers to overcome interrupted gait - finding
  • Difficulty running down stairs
  • Equinus gait
  • Buttocks prominent when walking
  • Difficulty negotiating corners when running
  • Does not use escalator
  • Extensor thrust pattern
  • Extensor lurch
  • Does not assume a position
  • Calcaneus gait
  • Accelerating gait
  • Retropulsion when walking
  • Rapid fatigue of gait
  • Equinus drop-foot-like gait
  • Finding related to ability to maintain sitting position on toilet seat
  • Finding related to ability to move up and down bed
  • Does not pull to standing from sitting
  • Does not weight-bear
  • Drop foot gait
  • Problem with balance
  • Peripheral skeletomuscular gait disorder
  • Unable to skip on one foot
  • Unable to straighten up
  • Unable to assume a position
  • Limping
  • Does not get in and out of bath
  • Unable to bend down
  • Unable to move items around home
  • Difficulty stooping
  • Difficulty assuming a position
  • Overcomes interrupted gait spontaneously
  • Does not attempt to crawl
  • Unable to mobilize using wheelchair
  • Marche a petits pas
  • Asthenia
  • Finding related to ability to sit down on toilet seat
  • Finding related to ability to straighten up
  • Impairment of balance
  • Unable to move around supporting self on furniture
  • Finding related to ability to run down steps
  • Use of secondary maneuvers to overcome interrupted gait
  • Unable to bend to reach feet
  • Parkinsonian shuffle
  • Finding related to ability to negotiate curbs
  • Finding related to ability to move from lying to sitting
  • Finding related to ability to turn onto side in bed
  • Unable to mobilise using mobility aids
  • Unable to maintain a sitting position
  • Finding related to ability to manage stairs on all fours
  • Musculoskeletal hypomobility
  • Finding related to ability to manage stairs backwards
  • Unable to skip on alternate feet
  • Does not move
  • Finding related to ability to run on flat
  • Observation of walking balance
  • Balance impairment
  • Does not WB (weight-bear) on right leg
  • Does not get in and out of a chair
  • Mental retardation, adducted thumbs, shuffling gait, aphasia syndrome
  • Unable to run downhill
  • High level sensorimotor gait
  • Petren's gait
  • Antalgic limp
  • Unable to balance when bending
  • Retropulsion
  • Does not change position
  • Trepidant abasia
  • Difficulty getting into bed without assistance
  • Finding of sitting balance
  • Does not get on and off toilet
  • Unable to alternate between sitting and standing
  • Difficulty moving around supporting self on furniture
  • Does not straighten up
  • Use of secondary manoeuvres to overcome interrupted gait - finding
  • Trendelenburg gait
  • Does not stand
  • Does not move items around home
  • Athetotic gait
  • Difficulty negotiating obstacles
  • Does not run up steps
  • Gluteus maximus gait
  • Unable to get out of bed without assistance
  • Unable to weight-bear on right leg
  • Unable to manage steps
  • Abnormal gait due to impairment of balance
  • Get up and go test - abnormal
  • Unable to move within a position
  • Difficulty getting in and out of a chair
  • Difficulty running up steps
  • Autistic disorder of childhood onset
  • Difficulty shuffling
  • Dragging leg
  • Unstable when walking
  • Oppenheim's gait
  • Limp in childhood
  • Does not negotiate corners when running
  • Finding related to ability to move from a position
  • Does not get out of a chair
  • Finding related to ability to maintain a standing position
  • Gluteal gait
  • Lurching gait
  • Difficulty weight-bearing on left leg
  • Difficulty running on flat
  • Toe walking
  • Unable to run on flat
  • Hemispheric cerebral hypoplasia
  • Unable to touch feet
  • Unable to sit down on toilet seat
  • Weakness - general
  • Does not turn over in bed
  • Does not touch feet
  • Difficulty moving in bed
  • Unable to skip
  • Difficulty running down a slope
  • Unable to balance when reaching
  • Difficulty bending to pick up object without falling
  • Unable to weight-bear on left leg
  • Unable to use lift
  • Observation of sitting balance
  • Does not run uphill
  • Congenital hypoplasia of cerebral hemisphere
  • Difficulty skipping on one foot
  • Instability of gait
  • Finding related to ability to pull to standing from sitting
  • Unable to get in and out of a chair
  • Does not run up stairs
  • Unable to manage stairs on all fours
  • Difficulty conforming to a position
  • Difficulty getting on and off furniture
  • Unable to maintain sitting position on lavatory seat
  • Scissors gait on eyes closed straight line walking test
  • Magnetic gait
  • Difficulty stopping running
  • Finding of use of secondary maneuvers to overcome interrupted gait
  • Does not WB (weight-bear) on left leg
  • Difficulty maintaining a standing position
  • Difficulty getting in bath
  • Wear of footwear - finding
  • Difficulty running down steps
  • Finding related to ability to mobilise outside
  • Unable to manage steps and stairs
  • Difficulty running down hill
  • Difficulty lying down
  • Flat-foot gait
  • Difficulty mobilising using wheelchair
  • Does not initiate running
  • Does not lie down
  • Unable to run down a slope
  • Unable to sit down
  • Finding related to ability to run down a slope
  • Difficulty straightening up
  • Unable to shuffle
  • Unable to balance when sitting
  • Finding related to ability to assume a position
  • Finding related to ability to kick with leg
  • Difficulty WB (weight-bearing) on right leg
  • Difficulty negotiating corners
  • Unable to initiate gait
  • Use of secondary maneuvres to overcome interrupted gait - finding
  • Difficulty getting out of bed without assistance
  • Unable to WB (weight-bear) on right leg
  • Unable to kick object
  • Unable to negotiate obstacles
  • Does not WB (weight-bear)
  • Difficulty mobilizing
  • Finding related to ability to balance when bending
  • Unable to turn onto side in bed
  • Does not mobilize using wheelchair
  • Unable to stand from sitting
  • Unable to use escalator
  • Does not get on and off furniture
  • Difficulty bending
  • Festination
  • Hypoplasia of corpus callosum
  • Does not get into bed without assistance
  • Incongruous gait
  • Musculoskeletal alteration
  • Finding related to ability to move within a position
  • Frontal gait disorder
  • Difficulty rising from squatting without using hands
  • Unable to lie down
  • Difficulty sitting up
  • Halting gait
  • Difficulty managing stairs
  • Does not get in and out of shower
  • Gait with walking aid
  • Difficulty getting on a bed
  • Does not negotiate corners
  • Congenital hypoplasia of cerebral white matter
  • Finding related to ability to get out of a chair
  • Double step gait
  • Does not avoid obstacles when running
  • Difficulty bending down
  • Unable to move in bed
  • Does not transfer weight
  • Unable to get off a bed
  • Does not get out of shower
  • Unable to move from lying to sitting
  • Finding related to ability to crawl
  • Finding related to ability to roll over in bed
  • Unsteady gait
  • Bending gait
  • Stumbling gait
  • Propulsive gait
  • MASA syndrome
  • Does not stop running
  • Does not negotiate curbs
  • Finding related to ability to skip on one foot
  • Disequilibrium when walking
  • Finding related to ability to balance when reaching
  • Unable to manage stairs
  • Limp
  • Does not kick with leg
  • Finding related to ability to stand up alone
  • Difficulty bending to reach feet
  • Shuffling gait
  • Unable to run up stairs
  • Does not sit down on a chair
  • Unable to get in and out of shower
  • Difficulty mobilizing using mobility aids
  • Myopathic gait
  • Unable to use stair lift
  • Unable to get on a bed
  • Elderly gait
  • Equine gait
  • Does not mobilize using mobility aids
  • Unable to sit down on a chair
  • Petren gait
  • Unable to crawl
  • Does not move from lying to sitting
  • Unable to kick with leg
  • Unable to weight-bear
  • Use of secondary manoeuvres to overcome interrupted gait
  • Difficulty mobilizing using wheelchair
  • Finding of measures of gait
  • Difficulty skipping
  • Finding related to ability to mobilize using wheelchair
  • Festinating gait
  • Does not maintain a position
  • Unable to transfer weight
  • Peripheral sensory gait disorder
  • Finding related to ability to mobilize outside
  • Unable to avoid obstacles in path
  • Finding related to ability to run down hill
  • Multifactorial gait problem
  • Painful gait
  • Unable to get in and out of bath
  • Unable to mobilize indoors
  • Gait with walking aid - finding
  • Does not run downhill
  • Does not get off a bed
  • Unable to bend
  • Difficulty moving from lying to sitting
  • Unable to sit down on lavatory seat
  • Finding related to ability to skip on alternate feet
  • Unable to balance
  • Unable to rise from squatting
  • Tandem gait
  • Difficulty mobilising using mobility aids
  • Finding of patterning of movement
  • Difficulty rolling
  • Does not kick object
  • Loss of balance
  • Difficulty avoiding obstacles in path
  • Does not skip on alternate feet
  • Does not stand up
  • Does not avoid obstacles in path
  • Heel toe gait
  • Difficulty changing position
  • Unable to mobilise outside
  • Finding related to ability to bend to reach feet
  • Unable to negotiate corners when running
  • Does not mobilize outside
  • Lameness
  • Unable to avoid obstacles when running
  • Cautious gait
  • Unable to roll over in bed
  • Crouch gait
  • Peripheral neuropathic gait
  • Unable to mobilise using wheelchair
  • Stiff knee gait
  • Difficulty sitting down on a chair
  • Unable to rise from squatting without using hands
  • Does not mobilize indoors
  • Finding related to ability to balance when sitting
  • Apraxic gait
  • Difficulty managing stairs on all fours
  • Unable to mobilise
  • Finding related to ability to bend to pick up object without falling
  • General difficulty in moving
  • Finding related to ability to get into shower
  • Does not get on to toilet
  • Does not mobilise
  • Unable to run down steps
  • Difficulty managing steps and stairs
  • Finding related to ability to use escalator
  • Choreic gait
  • Difficulty getting in and out of shower
  • Does not use lift
  • Difficulty alternating between sitting and standing
  • Does not bend down
  • Unable to initiate running
  • Does not run down stairs
  • Weakness
  • Difficulty getting out of a chair
  • Difficulty using toilet
  • Difficulty mobilizing outside
  • Hypoplasia of corpus callosum and mental retardation with adducted thumbs and spasticity and hydrocephalus syndrome
  • Does not move in bed
  • Finding related to ability to shuffle
  • Parkinsonian shift
  • Finding of walking balance
  • Tandem gait test - abnormal
  • Unable to maintain a standing position
  • Cerebellar gait
  • 3 point swing to gait
  • Short-leg limp
  • Arms not swung when walking
  • Difficulty mobilising outside
  • Does not get off toilet
  • Trendelenburg lurch
  • Difficulty getting into shower
  • Difficulty moving items around home
  • Does not sit down
  • Difficulty using stair lift
  • Unable to mobilise indoors
  • Does not manage steps
  • Difficulty getting on and off a bed
  • Abnormal gait due to muscle weakness
  • Finding of use of secondary manoeuvres to overcome interrupted gait
  • Difficulty using escalator
  • Limp occurring during childhood
  • Finding related to ability to get out of shower
  • Unable to climb stairs
  • Unable to sit up
  • Unable to maintain a position
  • Difficulty using lift
  • Does not run up hill
  • Unable to use lavatory
  • Swing-through gait
  • Amputee gait
  • Unable to WB (weight-bear) on left leg
  • Calcaneal gait
  • Difficulty mobilizing indoors
  • Finding related to ability to use lift
  • Difficulty kicking with leg
  • Difficulty running
  • Does not manage stairs
  • Difficulty kicking object
  • Unable to get out of a chair
  • Finding related to ability to get off a bed
  • Feeling weak
  • Finding related to ability to sit down on a chair
  • Unable to run down hill
  • Difficulty weight-bearing on right leg
  • Finding related to ability to get out of bath
  • Does not bend
  • Finding related to ability to run up stairs
  • Difficulty maintaining a sitting position
  • Difficulty getting on and off toilet
  • Finding related to ability to use stair lift
  • Childhood autism
  • Difficulty WB (weight bearing)
  • Dystonic gait
  • Waddling gait
  • Does not run down a slope
  • Does not manage steps and stairs
  • Difficulty maintaining a position
  • Does not get in bath
  • Gait apraxia
  • Unable to turn over in bed
  • MASA (mental retardation, adducted thumbs, shuffling gait, aphasia) syndrome
  • Does not bend to reach feet
  • Finding of wear of footwear
  • Unable to run uphill
  • Difficulty maintaining sitting position on toilet seat
  • Does not run down steps
  • Does not run on flat
  • Difficulty getting on to toilet
  • Finding related to ability to stand from sitting
  • Intellectual disability, aphasia, shuffling gait, adducted thumbs syndrome
  • Unable to get on and off a bed
  • Unable to get on and off toilet
  • Does not manage stairs on all fours
  • Difficulty running uphill
  • Unable to mobilize outside
  • Finding related to ability to initiate running
  • Loss of agility
  • Footwear shows signs of locomotor abnormal
  • Thalamic astasia
  • Arthritic gait
  • Does not manage stairs on bottom
  • Abnormal straight line walking test
  • Difficulty rising to feet
  • High level sensorimotor gait disorder
  • Senile gait
  • Difficulty moving from a position
  • Debility
  • Unable to run up hill
  • Difficulty managing steps
  • Difficulty initiating running
  • Dipping gait
  • Difficulty WB on left leg
  • Difficulty running up hill
  • Difficulty touching feet
  • Finding related to ability to alternate between sitting and standing
  • Finding related to ability to run up steps
  • Parkinsonian gait
  • Difficulty maintaining sitting position on lavatory seat
  • Unable to use toilet
  • Does not rise from squatting
  • Does not maintain a standing position
  • Unable to move
  • Finding related to ability to run up a slope
  • Unable to change position
  • Autism, childhood onset
  • Freezing of gait
  • Drag-to gait
  • Lassitude
  • Finding related to ability to kick object
  • Does not mobilise using wheelchair
  • Unable to conform to a position
  • Oppenheim gait
  • Difficulty getting out of shower
  • Gluteus medius lurch
  • Clown's gait
  • Extrapyramidal gait
  • Gluteus maximus lurch
  • Unable to get on to toilet
  • Unable to maintain sitting position on toilet seat
  • Finding related to ability to run down stairs
  • Unable to get off toilet
  • Difficulty managing stairs backwards
  • Unable to stand up
  • Slipping clutch gait
  • Unable to stop running
  • Does not get on a bed
  • Difficulty weight-bearing
  • Difficulty running up a slope
  • Does not skip on one foot
  • Difficulty transferring weight
  • Does not sit up
  • Bruns' apraxia of gait
  • Unable to mobilize using mobility aids
  • Does not weight-bear on right leg
  • Does not move around supporting self on furniture
  • Difficulty pulling to standing from sitting
  • Unable to manage stairs backwards
  • Difficulty running downhill
  • Difficulty standing up
  • Interrupted gait
  • Observation of measures of gait
  • Finding related to ability to walk up stairs
  • Does not mobilize
  • Unable to manage stairs on bottom
  • Difficulty standing from sitting
  • Difficulty avoiding obstacles when running
  • Finding related to ability to negotiate corners when running
  • Unable to get into bed without assistance
  • Deviation to one side on eyes closed straight line walking test
  • Does not manage stairs backwards
  • Unable to get on and off furniture
  • Unable to WB (weight-bear)
  • Abnormal eyes closed straight line walking test
  • Does not mobilise indoors
  • Difficulty getting in and out of bath
  • Finding related to ability to mobilise using wheelchair
  • Swaying gait
  • In-toeing gait
  • Unable to run up steps
  • Does not run up a slope
  • Unable to run
  • Does not mobilise using mobility aids
  • Unable to mobilize
  • Difficulty moving within a position
  • Dependent ability to transfer location
  • Does not run down hill
  • Finding related to ability to conform to a position
  • Difficulty rising from squatting
  • Difficulty using lavatory
  • Difficulty rolling over in bed
  • Difficulty turning onto side in bed
  • Does not shuffle
  • Does not alternate between sitting and standing
  • Does not get into shower
  • Toe-walking gait
  • Does not move within a position
  • Does not weight-bear on left leg
  • Difficulty managing stairs on bottom
  • Unable to move from a position
  • Unable to run down stairs
  • Finding related to ability to get on a bed
  • Does not stand up alone
  • Difficulty skipping on alternate feet
  • Difficulty standing up alone
  • Does not get out of bed without assistance
  • Finding of gait with walking aid
  • Difficulty getting off toilet
  • Does not use stair lift
  • Myelopathic gait
  • Does not maintain a sitting position
  • 4 point gait
  • Three-point gait
  • Dysstasia
  • Patterning of movement - finding
  • Developmental delay with autism spectrum disorder and gait instability
  • Stumbling due to lack of coordination
  • Difficulty getting off a bed
  • Tottering gait
  • Difficulty sitting down
  • L1 syndrome
  • Does not run
  • Finding related to ability to transfer weight
  • Finding related to ability to rise from squatting without using hands
  • Unable to balance when standing
  • Does not crawl
  • Difficulty crawling
  • Difficulty mobilising indoors
  • General weakness
  • Antalgic gait
  • 3 point swing through gait
  • Unable to get out of shower
  • Unable to run up a slope
  • Flat-footed gait
  • Difficulty moving up and down bed
  • Unable to get out of bath
  • Unsteady when walking
  • Does not roll over in bed
  • Unable to move up and down bed
  • Does not get on and off a bed
  • Finding related to ability to run up hill
  • Foot-drop gait
  • Unable to get in bath
  • Finding related to ability to stop running
  • Unable to stand up alone
  • Unable to negotiate corners
  • Difficulty negotiating curbs
  • Difficulty turning over in bed
  • Finding related to ability to weight-bear on left leg
  • Finding related to ability to maintain a sitting position
  • Finding related to ability to manage stairs on bottom
  • Propulsion when walking
  • Difficulty standing
  • Does not stand from sitting
  • Steppage gait
  • Difficulty mobilising
  • CRASH syndrome
  • Finding related to ability to avoid obstacles when running
  • Finding related to ability to move around supporting self on furniture
  • Does not negotiate obstacles
  • Unable to get into shower
  • Difficulty moving
  • Does not attempt to run
  • Does not move up and down bed
  • Does not turn onto side in bed
  • Bouncy gait
  • Does not move from a position
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for other abnormalities of gait and mobility?

The ICD-10-CM code for other abnormalities of gait and mobility is R26.89. The full clinical description is "Other abnormalities of gait and mobility". R26.89 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code R26.89 mean?

ICD-10-CM code R26.89 represents “Other abnormalities of gait and mobility”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is R26.89 a billable code?

Yes, R26.89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is R26.89 in?

R26.89 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).

What codes cannot be used with R26.89?

R26.89 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: ataxia NOS (R27.0); hereditary ataxia (G11.-); locomotor (syphilitic) ataxia (A52.11); and 1 more.

What SNOMED CT codes does R26.89 map to?

R26.89 maps to 449 SNOMED CT concepts: 250011000, 250012007, 11237000, 102991004, 431524008, and 444 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for R26.89?

R26.89 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2830325. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does R26.89 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other abnormalities of gait and mobility affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R26.89?

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for R26.89 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.

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