Diagnosis Code

F81.9 DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER OF SCHOLASTIC SKILLS, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F81.9

Short Description: Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

Long Description: Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

The code F81.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89)
      • Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills (F81)
        • F81.9 Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Basic learning problem
  • Borderline cognitive developmental delay
  • Cognitive developmental delay
  • Congenital abnormal shape of frontal bone
  • Developmental academic disorder
  • Developmental academic disorder due to iodine deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to iron deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to micronutrient deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to micronutrient deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to micronutrient deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to nutritional stunting
  • Impaired ability to learn new material
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Learning difficulties
  • Nonverbal learning disorder
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and absence of functional language with loss of previously acquired skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and complete impairment of functional language with loss of previously acquired skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and complete impairment of functional language without loss of previously acquired skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and marked impairment of functional language with loss of previously acquired skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and marked impairment of functional language without loss of previously acquired skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder with disorder of intellectual development and pervasive impairment of functional language without loss of previously acquired skills
  • RIDDLE syndrome
  • Slow learner
  • Trigonocephaly
  • Trigonocephaly, short stature, developmental delay syndrome

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F81.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Knowledge acquisition disability NOS
    • Learning disability NOS
    • Learning disorder NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F81.9 Right Arrow 315.9 Development delay NOS
V40.0 Problems with learning

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
F81 Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills
F81.0 Specific reading disorder
F81.2 Mathematics disorder
F81.8 Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills
F81.81 Disorder of written expression
F81.89 Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills


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