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R26.2 - Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified


The ICD 10 Code for Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified is listed as R26.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R26.2
Description: Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified
  • Excludes1: falling (R29.6)
  • unsteadiness on feet (R26.81)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
555 - Signs & Symptoms Of Musculoskeletal System & Conn Tissue W Mcc
556 - Signs & Symptoms Of Musculoskeletal System & Conn Tissue W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
Parent R26 - Abnormalities of gait and mobility
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 719.7 - Difficulty in walking
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R26.2:
R26.0 - Ataxic gait
R26.1 - Paralytic gait
R26.8 - Other abnormalities of gait and mobility
R26.9 - Unspecified abnormalities of gait and mobility