F80
Header — not billableSpecific developmental disorders of speech and language
The ICD-10 code for specific developmental disorders of speech and language is F80.
F80 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under F80
- F80.0Phonological disorder
- F80.1Expressive language disorder
- F80.2Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
- F80.4Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss
- F80.8Other developmental disorders of speech and languagenon-billable header
- F80.9Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- F81Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skillsnon-billable header
- F82Specific developmental disorder of motor function
- F84Pervasive developmental disordersnon-billable header
- F88Other disorders of psychological development
- F89Unspecified disorder of psychological development
- F80Specific developmental disorders of speech and languagenon-billable header