R48.8
R48.8: Other symbolic dysfunctions
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R48.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other symbolic dysfunctions. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R48.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acalculia
- Agraphia
Other codes that can never be billed with R48.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- F81.2Mathematics disorder
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R48.8 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
- A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Abolition, language
- Acalculia
- Agrammatism
- Agraphia(absolute)
- Amimia
- Amusia
- Anomia
- Asymbolia
- Bianchi's syndrome
- Dyscalculia
- Echolalia
- Gerstmann's syndrome
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.