Diagnosis Code

R47 SPEECH DISTURBANCES, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R47

Short Description: Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified

Long Description: Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified

The code R47 is NOT VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice (R47-R49)
      • Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified (R47)
        • R47 Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R47 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • autism (@F84.0*)
    • cluttering (@F80.81*)
    • specific developmental disorders of speech and language (@F80*.-)
    • stuttering (@F80.81*)

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R47.0 Dysphasia and aphasia
R47.01 Aphasia
R47.02 Dysphasia
R47.1 Dysarthria and anarthria
R47.8 Other speech disturbances
R47.81 Slurred speech
R47.82 Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
R47.89 Other speech disturbances
R47.9 Unspecified speech disturbances


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