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R29.716

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NIHSS score 16

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

What This Code Means

A standardized neurological assessment score of 16, indicating moderately severe stroke with significant functional limitations.

Coding Tips

  • •Scores of 16 and above typically indicate more severe strokes with greater disability risk
  • •Ensure documentation includes time of symptom onset for treatment eligibility determination

Code Hierarchy

└R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems└R29.7National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score└R29.71NIHSS score 10-19└R29.716NIHSS score 16
└R29.716NIHSS score 16

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