R47.1

R47.1: Dysarthria and anarthria

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R47.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dysarthria and anarthria. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R47.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

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

dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -22)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R47.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R47: Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified

autism (F84.0)
cluttering (F80.81)
specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80.-)
stuttering (F80.81)

Other codes that can never be billed with R47.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

F80.1Expressive language disorder
F80.2Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R47.1 is named in 31 Medicare coverage policies: 31 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anarthria
Dysarthria

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.