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F81.0

Specific reading disorder

Billable

Code Hierarchy

F81F81.0

Chapter: 5. Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Section: F80-F89 - Pervasive and specific developmental disorders

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • 'Backward reading'
  • Developmental dyslexia
  • Specific learning disorder, with impairment in reading
  • Specific reading retardation

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with F81.0

  • R48.0 - alexia NOS (R48.0)
  • R48.0 - dyslexia NOS (R48.0)

Related Codes

F81.2Billable

Mathematics disorder

F81.8Category

Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.9Billable

Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

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