F81.0

Specific reading disorder

Billable code

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · F81.0
Excludes 1

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

Synonyms

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

Inherited from chapter 5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Includes

disorders of psychological development

Excludes 2

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Official Guidelines for F81.0

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