F81
F81 — Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with F81
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F81 alone.
- R48Dyslexia and other symbolic dysfunctions, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
F81 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F81
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about F81
- Is F81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F81 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89).