Diagnosis Code

F98.5 ADULT ONSET FLUENCY DISORDER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F98.5

Short Description: Adult onset fluency disorder

Long Description: Adult onset fluency disorder

The code F98.5 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)
      • Oth behav/emotn disord w onset usly occur in chldhd and adol (F98)
        • F98.5 Adult onset fluency disorder

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired stammering
  • Adult onset fluency disorder
  • Borderline stuttering
  • Covert stuttering
  • Developmental dysfluency
  • Developmental expressive language disorder
  • Disorder of fluency
  • Dysfluency
  • Idiopathic stammering
  • Neurogenic stammering
  • Normal non-fluency
  • Primary stuttering
  • Psychogenic stuttering
  • Psychogenic voice disorder
  • Secondary stuttering
  • Stuttering
  • Stuttering
  • Stuttering

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F98.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • childhood onset fluency disorder (@F80.81*)
    • dysphasia (@R47.02*)
    • fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere (@R47.82*)
    • fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)
    • tic disorders (@F95*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F98.5 Right Arrow 307.0 Adult onset flncy disord

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.

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ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
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F98.29 Other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhood
F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood
F98.4 Stereotyped movement disorders
F98.8 Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
F98.9 Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence


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