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R29.0 - Tetany


The ICD 10 Code for Tetany is listed as R29.0.
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: R29.0
Description: Tetany
  • Carpopedal spasm
  • Excludes1: hysterical tetany (F44.5)
  • neonatal tetany (P71.3)
  • parathyroid tetany (E20.9)
  • post-thyroidectomy tetany (E89.2)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc
641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
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 R29 - Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 781.7 - Tetany
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R29.0:
R29.1 - Meningismus
R29.2 - Abnormal reflex
R29.3 - Abnormal posture
R29.4 - Clicking hip
R29.5 - Transient paralysis
R29.6 - Repeated falls
R29.8 - Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
R29.9 - Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems