Adult onset fluency disorder

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Stuttering [stammering]
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Stuttering [stammering]~~ Adult onset fluency disorder

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from F98 Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Excludes2 - not included here

breath-holding spells (R06.89)
gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2)
Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13)
obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)
sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-)

Inherited from the F90-F98 section Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)

Note

Codes within categories F90-F98 may be used regardless of the age of a patient. These disorders generally have onset within the childhood or adolescent years, but may continue throughout life or not be diagnosed until adulthood

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Stammering
Stuttering > adult onset
Disorder > fluency > adult onset

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
F98.0	Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition	Valid
F98.1	Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition	Valid
F98.2	Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood	Not billable
F98.3	Pica of infancy and childhood	Valid
F98.4	Stereotyped movement disorders	Valid
F98.8	Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence	Valid
F98.9	Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence	Valid