2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F80.9Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified
ICD-10-CM Codes›F01–F99›F80-F89›F80
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F80.9 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 886. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Code Classification
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Acoustic analysis deficit
- Acquired language disorder
- Altered growth and development: communication skills
- 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
- Craniosynostosis, facial dysmorphism, Chiari-1 malformation, developmental and language delay syndrome
- Delayed articulatory and language development
- Developmental and speech delay due to SOX5 deficiency
- Developmental delay, language impairment, dopa responsive dystonia, parkinsonism syndrome
- 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
- Hao Fountain syndrome
- Hypotonia, speech impairment, severe cognitive delay syndrome
- Intellectual disability, severe speech delay, mild dysmorphism syndrome
- Intellectual disability, speech delay, dysmorphic features, T cell abnormalities 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
- Spastic paraparesis, cataracts, speech delay syndrome
- Specific language impairment
- Speech and language disorder
- Speech and language dyspraxias
- Speech and phonology impairments
- Speech delay
- TRAF7-associated heart defect, digital anomalies, facial dysmorphism, motor and speech delay syndrome
- Unable to reason
- Unable to use verbal reasoning
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to F80.9: its own notes plus those printed at Chapter 5. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Includes
Further defines, or gives examples of, the content of the category.
- disorders of psychological development
Applicable To
Conditions this code is used for: synonyms of the title or, for "other specified" codes, the conditions assigned to it. The list is not exhaustive.
- Communication disorder NOS
- Language disorder NOS
Excludes2
Not included here: the excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, so both codes may be reported.
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.
Referenced in Other NotesGuidance
Instructional notes printed at other codes that name F80.9, its category, or a range that includes it.
Excludes1 2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note naming F80.9: they are not reported together with it, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
Excludes2 1
These codes carry an Excludes2 note naming F80.9: its condition is not part of those codes, and both may be reported when the patient has both.
Use Additional Code 2
These codes say to use an additional code from the note, and F80.9 is one of the codes named.
Code Also 2
These codes say F80.9 may also be needed to fully describe the condition. The note gives no sequencing direction.
- G93.45 Developmental and epileptic encephalopathydevelopmental disorder of speech and language (F80.-) names F80.-, which includes this code
- Z15.1 Genetic susceptibility to epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disordersdevelopmental disorder of speech and language (F80.-) names F80.-, which includes this code
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.
speech See: Disorder, speech;
developmental F80.9
Disorder (of) See Also: Disease;
communication F80.9
language (developmental) F80.9
speech and language F80.9
developmental F80.9
Disturbance (s) See Also: Disease;
developmental F80.9
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Patient EducationClinical
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:
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Convert F80.9 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
Code HistoryHistory
Questions About F80.9Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified?
The ICD-10-CM code for developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified is F80.9 (sometimes written as F809). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is F80.9 (Specific developmental disorders of speech and language) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does F80.9 group to?
When developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 886 (behavioral and Developmental Disorders), which carries a relative weight of 1.6455. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
What is the ICD-9 equivalent of F80.9?
Under the General Equivalence Mappings, developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified converts to ICD-9-CM 315.39 (speech/language dis NEC). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.
