F80.9
F80.9: Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F80.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F80.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Communication disorder NOS
- Language disorder NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with F80.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R47Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F80.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disorder›communication
- Disorder›language(developmental)
- Problem›communication(developmental)
- Problem›language(developmental)
- Defect, defective›speech›developmental
- Delay, delayed›development›language
- Delay, delayed›development›speech
- Development›delayed›speech
- Disorder›developmental›language
- Disorder›developmental›speech
- Disorder›specific›speech and language
- Disorder›speech›developmental
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.