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F82

F82: Specific developmental disorder of motor function

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for specific developmental disorder of motor function. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • abnormalities of gait and mobility (R26.-)
  • lack of coordination (R27.-)

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.

  • lack of coordination secondary to intellectual disabilities (F70-F79)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Clumsy child syndrome
  • Developmental coordination disorder
  • Developmental dyspraxia

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F82 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

  • Clumsiness, clumsy child syndrome
  • Dyspraxia›developmental(syndrome)
  • Retardation›motor function, specific
  • Syndrome›clumsiness, clumsy child
  • Syndrome›dyspraxia, developmental
  • Development›delayed›motor coordination
  • Disorder›developmental›coordination(motor)
  • Disorder›developmental›motor coordination or function
  • Disorder›specific›developmental, of motor

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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