F80
F80 — Specific developmental disorders of speech and language
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F80 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for specific developmental disorders of speech and language. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with F80
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F80. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F80 alone.
- R47Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
- R47.82Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
- Z55Problems related to education and literacy
- F80.1Expressive language disorder
- F80.2Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
- F98.5Adult onset fluency disorder
- H93.25Central auditory processing disorder
Risk adjustment
F80 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F80
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about F80
- Is F80 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F80 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F80 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89).