V40.1 PROB WITH COMMUNICATION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V40.1

Short Description: Prob with communication

Long Description: Mental and behavioral problems with communication [including speech]

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons with a condition influencing their health status (V40-V49)
      • V40 Mental and behavioral problems
        • V40.1 Prob with communication

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Circumlocution
  • Conversational disorder
  • Difficulty commenting on events
  • Difficulty communicating
  • Difficulty communicating about self
  • Difficulty communicating feelings
  • Difficulty communicating in different places
  • Difficulty communicating intentions
  • Difficulty communicating needs and wishes
  • Difficulty communicating on different occasions
  • Difficulty communicating thoughts
  • Difficulty communicating with different people
  • Difficulty directing attention
  • Difficulty expressing self
  • Difficulty finding words
  • Difficulty greeting
  • Difficulty imitating forms of communication
  • Difficulty imitating gesture
  • Difficulty imitating words
  • Difficulty inferring meaning
  • Difficulty initiating conversation
  • Difficulty initiating words
  • Difficulty maintaining conversation
  • Difficulty making conversation
  • Difficulty performing recreational use of conversation
  • Difficulty playing with words and meaning
  • Difficulty presupposing in conversation
  • Difficulty speaking at normal rate
  • Difficulty speaking fluently
  • Difficulty speaking intelligibly
  • Difficulty talking
  • Difficulty using a non-speech system for communication
  • Difficulty using automatic language
  • Difficulty using body language
  • Difficulty using different forms of conversation
  • Difficulty using grammatical constructions
  • Difficulty using language
  • Difficulty using non-verbal communication
  • Difficulty using self-expression
  • Difficulty using speech appropriately
  • Difficulty using the elements of language
  • Difficulty using verbal communication
  • Difficulty using words
  • Language difficulty
  • Perseveration
  • Repetition failure
  • Repetition of phrases
  • Sociolinguistic disorder
  • Unable to adapt conversation to context
  • Unable to ask questions
  • Unable to choose topics of conversation
  • Unable to communicate
  • Unable to communicate about self
  • Unable to communicate feelings
  • Unable to communicate in different places
  • Unable to communicate intentions
  • Unable to communicate needs and wishes
  • Unable to communicate on different occasions
  • Unable to direct attention
  • Unable to express self
  • Unable to find words
  • Unable to greet
  • Unable to imitate forms of communication
  • Unable to infer meaning
  • Unable to initiate words
  • Unable to join in conversation
  • Unable to maintain conversation
  • Unable to make self understood
  • Unable to perform recreational use of conversation
  • Unable to play with words and meaning
  • Unable to presuppose in conversation
  • Unable to speak
  • Unable to speak at normal rate
  • Unable to speak fluently
  • Unable to speak intelligibly
  • Unable to take turns in conversation
  • Unable to talk
  • Unable to talk while playing
  • Unable to use a non-speech system for communication
  • Unable to use automatic language
  • Unable to use body language
  • Unable to use different forms of conversation
  • Unable to use grammatical constructions
  • Unable to use language
  • Unable to use non-verbal communication
  • Unable to use self-expression
  • Unable to use speech appropriately
  • Unable to use the elements of language
  • Unable to use verbal communication
  • Unable to use words
  • Unable to write

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V40.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Problem (with) V49.9
    • communication V40.1
    • speech V40.1

Crosswalk Information

The code V40.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V40.1 Right Arrow Z86.59 Personal history of other mental and behavioral disorders
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
V40.0 Mental and behavioral problems with learning
V40.2 Other mental problems
V40.31 Wandering in diseases classified elsewhere
V40.39 Other specified behavioral problem
V40.9 Unspecified mental or behavioral problem


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