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R29.729

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NIHSS score 29

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

What This Code Means

A score of 29 on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), indicating very severe acute stroke with extensive neurological impairment.

Coding Tips

  • •Scores this high suggest critical stroke severity and should prompt immediate documentation of all clinical findings
  • •Coordinate coding with intensive care unit admission and stroke protocol documentation

Code Hierarchy

└R29Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems└R29.7National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score└R29.72NIHSS score 20-29└R29.729NIHSS score 29
└R29.729NIHSS score 29

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