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F80

F80: Specific developmental disorders of speech and language

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F80 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for specific developmental disorders of speech and language. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with F80

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • F80.1Expressive language disorder
  • F80.2Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
  • F98.5Adult onset fluency disorder
  • H93.25Central auditory processing disorder
  • R47Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
  • R47.82Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
  • Z55Problems related to education and literacy

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead F80

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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