F81.9

Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

Billable / specific

F81.9 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

  • Knowledge acquisition disability NOS
  • Learning disability NOS
  • Learning disorder NOS

Includes (from F81)

  • disorders of psychological development

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 F81)

Also known as

  • Knowledge acquisition disability NOS
  • Learning disability NOS
  • Learning disorder NOS
  • Delay, delayed, development, intellectual
  • Delay, delayed, development, learning
  • Development, delayed, learning skill
  • Disability, disabilities, knowledge acquisition
  • Disability, disabilities, learning
  • Disorder, developmental, learning
  • Disorder, learning
  • Disorder, psychogenic NOS, learning
  • Learning defect
  • Problem, learning

Parent code

  • F81Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skillsHeader

Related codes

  • F81.0Specific reading disorderBillable
  • F81.2Mathematics disorderBillable
  • F81.8Other developmental disorders of scholastic skillsHeader

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