R29.5

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

Ranksubcategory

Official Description

Transient paralysis

Metadata & Insights

•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)

Code First

any associated spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-, S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

BillableHas subcodes

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)

R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

R29.5Transient paralysisBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R29.5:

chapterCH18

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

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

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