R26.2

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

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Official Description

Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

falling (R29.6)
unsteadiness on feet (R26.81)

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

R25-R29Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)

R26Abnormalities of gait and mobility

R26.2Difficulty in walking, not elsewhere classified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R26.2:

categoryR26

Abnormalities of gait and mobility

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chapterCH18

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to R26.2. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

4 raw paths

Difficult, difficulty (in)1 unique routes

walking→R26.2

Dysbasia1 unique routes

Direct index entry→R26.2

Gait abnormality1 unique routes

walking difficulty NEC→R26.2

Walking1 unique routes

difficulty→R26.2