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Diagnosis Code

R47.81 SLURRED SPEECH


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R47.81

Short Description: Slurred speech

Long Description: Slurred speech

The code R47.81 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice (R47-R49)
      • Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified (R47)
        • R47.81 Slurred speech

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Episodic ataxia
  • Episodic ataxia with slurred speech
  • Finding of intelligibility of articulation
  • Finding of intelligibility of articulation
  • Slurred speech
  • Slurred speech
  • Unintelligible articulation
  • Unintelligible articulation

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R47.81 Right Arrow 784.59 Speech disturbance NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R47 Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
R47.0 Dysphasia and aphasia
R47.01 Aphasia
R47.02 Dysphasia
R47.1 Dysarthria and anarthria
R47.8 Other speech disturbances
R47.82 Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
R47.89 Other speech disturbances
R47.9 Unspecified speech disturbances

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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