R29.72 NIHSS score 20-29

Non-billable header with 10 child codes.

Applies from R29.7 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score

Code first

• the type of cerebral infarction (I63.-)

Codes under R29.72

• R29.720 NIHSS score 20
• R29.721 NIHSS score 21
• R29.722 NIHSS score 22
• R29.723 NIHSS score 23
• R29.724 NIHSS score 24
• R29.725 NIHSS score 25
• R29.726 NIHSS score 26
• R29.727 NIHSS score 27
• R29.728 NIHSS score 28
• R29.729 NIHSS score 29

Code annotations containing back-references to R29.72

Back-references to R29.7

• Use Additional: I60 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage ("code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)")
• Use Additional: I61 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage ("code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)")
• Use Additional: I62 Other and unspecified nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage ("code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)")
• Use Additional: I63 Cerebral infarction ("code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)")

Nearby codes

• R29.715 NIHSS score 15
• R29.716 NIHSS score 16
• R29.717 NIHSS score 17
• R29.718 NIHSS score 18
• R29.719 NIHSS score 19
• R29.72 NIHSS score 20-29 (this code)
• R29.720 NIHSS score 20
• R29.721 NIHSS score 21
• R29.722 NIHSS score 22
• R29.723 NIHSS score 23
• R29.724 NIHSS score 24