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F80.81

Childhood onset fluency disorder

Billable

Code Hierarchy

F80F80.8F80.81

Chapter: 5. Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Section: F80-F89 - Pervasive and specific developmental disorders

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Cluttering NOS
  • Stuttering NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with F80.81

  • F98.5 - adult onset fluency disorder (F98.5)
  • R47.82 - fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere (R47.82)
  • fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)

Related Codes

F80.82Billable

Social pragmatic communication disorder

F80.89Billable

Other developmental disorders of speech and language

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