F80.1
F80.1: Expressive language disorder
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F80.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for expressive language disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F80.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Developmental dysphasia or aphasia, expressive type
Other codes that can never be billed with F80.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F80.1 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalizationnot covered
- A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
- A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aphasia›developmental›expressive type
- Development›delayed›language(skills) (expressive)
- Disorder›language›expressive
- Dysphasia›developmental›expressive type
- Disorder›developmental›language›expressive
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.