315.01 ALEXIA

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 315.01
Short Description: Alexia
Long Description: Alexia
Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

Mental disorders (290–319)
- Neurotic disorders, personality disorders, and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (300-316)
  - 315 Specific delays in development
    - 315.01 Alexia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 315.01 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Alexia (congenital) (developmental) 315.01
- secondary to organic lesion 784.61

Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) 369.00
- word (developmental) 315.01
  - acquired 784.61
  - secondary to organic lesion 784.61

Strephosymbolia 315.01
- secondary to organic lesion 784.69

Word
- blindness (congenital) (developmental) 315.01
  - secondary to organic lesion 784.61

Crosswalk Information

The code 315.01 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
315.01		R48.0	Dyslexia and alexia

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
315.00	Developmental reading disorder, unspecified
315.02	Developmental dyslexia
315.09	Other specific developmental reading disorder
315.1	Mathematics disorder
315.2	Other specific developmental learning difficulties
315.31	Expressive language disorder
315.32	Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
315.34	Speech and language developmental delay due to hearing loss
315.35	Childhood onset fluency disorder
315.39	Other developmental speech or language disorder
315.4	Developmental coordination disorder
315.5	Mixed development disorder
315.8	Other specified delays in development
315.9	Unspecified delay in development

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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