R47.9

R47.9: Unspecified speech disturbances

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R47.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified speech disturbances. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R47.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R47.9

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 R47.9

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

R47.9 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Impediment, speech
Disorder›speech
Disturbance›speech
Problem›speech
Speech›defect, disorder, disturbance, impediment

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.