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F81.0 - Specific reading disorder


The ICD 10 Code for Specific reading disorder is listed as F81.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: F81.0
Description: Specific reading disorder
  • 'Backward reading'
  • Developmental dyslexia
  • Specific reading retardation
  • Excludes1: alexia NOS (R48.0)
  • dyslexia NOS (R48.0)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
886 - Behavioral & Developmental Disorders
Chapter Mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)
Block Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89)
Parent F81 - Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 315.00 - Developmental reading disorder, unspecified (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 315.02 - Developmental dyslexia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of F81.0:
F81.2 - Mathematics disorder
F81.8 - Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills
F81.9 - Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified