R29.890 Loss of height

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• osteoporosis (M80-M81)

Applies from R29.89 Other symptoms and signs involving the musculoskeletal system

Excludes2 (not included here)

• pain in limb (M79.6-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 091-093 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 781.91 Loss of height

Diagnosis Index entries for R29.890

• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities › loss of › height
• Loss (of) › height

Nearby codes

• R29.8 Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
• R29.81 Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous system
• R29.810 Facial weakness
• R29.818 Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous system
• R29.89 Other symptoms and signs involving the musculoskeletal system
• R29.890 Loss of height (this code)
• R29.891 Ocular torticollis
• R29.898 Other symptoms and signs involving the musculoskeletal system
• R29.9 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
• R29.90 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the nervous system
• R29.91 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the musculoskeletal system