Dysphasia and aphasia

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

R47.01 Aphasia
R47.02 Dysphasia

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dysphasia and aphasia

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 R47 Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

autism (F84.0)
cluttering (F80.81)
specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80.-)
stuttering (F80.81)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R47.1	Dysarthria and anarthria	Valid
R47.8	Other speech disturbances	Not billable
R47.9	Unspecified speech disturbances	Valid