R47.81 SLURRED SPEECH

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R47.81
Short Description: Slurred speech
Long Description: Slurred speech
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

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)

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		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: 10/1/2025

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