F80.81

Childhood onset fluency disorder

Billable / specific

F80.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Cluttering NOS
  • Stuttering NOS

Includes (from F80)

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • adult onset fluency disorder (F98.5)
  • fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere (R47.82)
  • fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F80)

Also known as

  • Cluttering NOS
  • Stuttering NOS
  • Cluttering
  • Disorder, fluency, childhood onset
  • Stammering
  • Stuttering
  • Stuttering, childhood onset

Parent code

  • F80.8Other developmental disorders of speech and languageHeader

Related codes

  • F80.82Social pragmatic communication disorderBillable
  • F80.89Other developmental disorders of speech and languageBillable

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