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2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F80.9

Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified

ICD-10-CM Code:
F80.9
ICD-10 Code for:
Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Chronic
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Code Classification

  • Mental and behavioural disorders
    (F01–F99)
    • Pervasive and specific developmental disorders
      (F80-F89)
      • Specific developmental disorders of speech and language
        (F80)

F80.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like F80.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Acoustic analysis deficit
  • Acquired language disorder
  • Altered growth and development: communication skills
  • Basic learning problem
  • Basic learning problem
  • Basic learning problem in language
  • Basic learning problem in speaking
  • CHD3-related developmental delay, speech delay, intellectual disability, abnormalities of vision, facial dysmorphism syndrome
  • Communication disorder
  • Conversational disorder
  • Delayed articulatory and language development
  • Developmental and speech delay due to SOX5 deficiency
  • Developmental dysphasia
  • Developmental language comprehension impairment
  • Developmental language disorder
  • Developmental language disorder and language impairment
  • Developmental receptive language disorder
  • Developmental speech disorder
  • Difficulty reasoning
  • Difficulty using verbal communication
  • Difficulty using verbal reasoning
  • Discourse disorder
  • Disorder of language
  • Disorder of speech and language development
  • Familial developmental dysphasia
  • Finding related to ability to use verbal reasoning
  • Finding related to ability to use verbal reasoning
  • Hypotonia, speech impairment, severe cognitive delay syndrome
  • Intellectual disability, severe speech delay, mild dysmorphism syndrome
  • Lamb Shaffer syndrome
  • Language disorder associated with right hemisphere damage
  • Language disorder associated with thought disorder
  • Language disorder of dementia
  • Lexical syntactic disorder
  • Limited sound system
  • Mehes syndrome
  • Naming errors
  • Non-contrastive sound system
  • Non-organic communication disorder
  • Non-organic communication disorder in remission
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with cognitive developmental delay and marked impairment of functional language
  • Restricted sound system
  • Semantic impairment
  • Semantic-pragmatic disorder
  • Semantic-pragmatic impairment
  • Severe intellectual disability, poor language, strabismus, grimacing face, long fingers syndrome
  • Sociolinguistic disorder
  • Specific language impairment
  • Speech and language disorder
  • Speech and language dyspraxias
  • Speech and phonology impairments
  • Speech delay
  • Speech delay
  • Speech delay
  • TRAF7-associated heart defect, digital anomalies, facial dysmorphism, motor and speech delay syndrome
  • Unable to reason
  • Unable to use verbal reasoning

Clinical Classification

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Communication disorder NOS
  • Language disorder NOS

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert F80.9 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 315.39 - Speech/language dis NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Speech and Communication Disorders

Many disorders can affect our ability to speak and communicate. They range from saying sounds incorrectly to being completely unable to speak or understand speech. Causes include:

  • Hearing disorders and deafness
  • Voice problems, such as dysphonia or those caused by cleft lip or palate
  • Speech problems like stuttering
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Brain injury
  • Stroke

Some speech and communication problems may be genetic. Often, no one knows the causes. By first grade, about 5% of children have noticeable speech disorders. Speech and language therapy can help.

NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Chronic - a chronic condition code indicates a condition lasting 12 months or longer and its effect on the patient based on one or both of the following criteria:

  • The condition results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products,treatment, services, and special equipment
  • The condition places limitations on self-care, independent living, and social interactions.