Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Dyslalia
  • Functional speech articulation disorder
  • Lalling
  • Lisping
  • Phonological developmental disorder
  • Speech articulation developmental disorder
  • Speech-sound disorder

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with F80.0

  • R47.01 - speech articulation impairment due to aphasia NOS (R47.01)
  • R48.2 - speech articulation impairment due to apraxia (R48.2)

Excludes2 (Not Included Here)

These conditions are not part of this code but may be reported additionally if documented

  • F80.4 - speech articulation impairment due to hearing loss (F80.4)
  • F70.-F79 - speech articulation impairment due to intellectual disabilities (F70-F79)
  • F80.1 - speech articulation impairment with expressive language developmental disorder (F80.1)
  • F80.2 - speech articulation impairment with mixed receptive expressive language developmental disorder (F80.2)

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