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ICD-10 diagnosis code

R29.0 Tetany

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R29.0 is the ICD-10 code for Tetany. It is a four-character subcategory of R29 (Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block R25–R29 (Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XVIII · R00–R99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What R29.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Carpopedal spasm

What R29.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

R29.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

R29.0Tetani

NorwayICD-10-NO

R29.0Tetani

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR290Tetani

  • DR290AKarpopedalspasme
FinlandICD-10-FI

R29.0Tetania

GermanyICD-10-GM

R29.0Tetanie

FranceICD-10-FR

R29.0Tétanie

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R29.0tetanie

United StatesICD-10-CM

R29.0Tetany

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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