R29.6

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

Ranksubcategory

Official Description

Repeated falls

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

Includes

Falling
Tendency to fall

Excludes2(Not included here)

at risk for falling (Z91.81)
history of falling (Z91.81)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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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)

R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

R29.6Repeated falls

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R29.6:

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 R29.6. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

4 raw paths

Falling, falls (repeated)1 unique routes

Direct index entry→R29.6

Gait abnormality1 unique routes

falling→R29.6

Repeated falls NEC1 unique routes

Direct index entry→R29.6

Tendency1 unique routes

to fall→R29.6