F81.81
F81.81: Disorder of written expression
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F81.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of written expression. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F81.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Specific learning disorder, with impairment in written expression
- Specific spelling disorder
Other codes that can never be billed with F81.81
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R48Dyslexia and other symbolic dysfunctions, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F81.81 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 14 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
- Agraphia›developmental
- Difficult, difficulty›spelling(specific)
- Disability, disabilities›spelling, specific
- Disorder›spelling(specific)
- Retardation›spelling(specific) (without reading disorder)
- Delay, delayed›development›spelling
- Development›delayed›spelling
- Development›delayed›written expression
- Disorder›developmental›expressive writing
- Disorder›developmental›written expression
- Disorder›learning›spelling
- Disorder›learning›written expression
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.