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R29.4

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Clicking hip

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A clicking or popping sound heard in the hip joint, often occurring in newborns and young children, which may indicate hip instability.

Coding Tips

  • •This code is commonly used in pediatric coding; document whether imaging or further evaluation was performed
  • •Differentiate between clicking hip and hip dysplasia, which may require additional coding

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • congenital deformities of hip (Q65.-)

Code Hierarchy

└R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems└R29.4Clicking hip
└R29.4Clicking hip

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