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V40.1 - Mental And Behavioral Problems With Communication [including Speech]


The ICD 9 Code for Mental and behavioral problems with communication [including speech] is listed as V40.1.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: V40.1
Long Description: Mental and behavioral problems with communication [including speech]
Short Description: Prob with communication
Chapter: Supplementary Classification Of Factors Influencing Health Status And Contact With Health Services
Block: Persons With A Condition Influencing Their Health Status (V40-V49)
Related Descriptions: Circumlocution
Conversational disorder
Difficulty commenting on events
Difficulty communicating
Difficulty communicating about self
Difficulty communicating feelings
Difficulty communicating in different places
Difficulty communicating intentions
Difficulty communicating needs and wishes
Difficulty communicating on different occasions
Difficulty communicating thoughts
Difficulty communicating with different people
Difficulty directing attention
Difficulty expressing self
Difficulty finding words
Difficulty greeting
Difficulty imitating forms of communication
Difficulty imitating gesture
Difficulty imitating words
Difficulty inferring meaning
Difficulty initiating conversation
Difficulty initiating words
Difficulty maintaining conversation
Difficulty making conversation
Difficulty performing recreational use of conversation
Difficulty playing with words and meaning
Difficulty presupposing in conversation
Difficulty speaking at normal rate
Difficulty speaking fluently
Difficulty speaking intelligibly
Difficulty talking
Difficulty using a non-speech system for communication
Difficulty using automatic language
Difficulty using body language
Difficulty using different forms of conversation
Difficulty using grammatical constructions
Difficulty using language
Difficulty using non-verbal communication
Difficulty using self-expression
Difficulty using speech appropriately
Difficulty using the elements of language
Difficulty using verbal communication
Difficulty using words
Language difficulty
Perseveration
Repetition failure
Repetition of phrases
Sociolinguistic disorder
Unable to adapt conversation to context
Unable to ask questions
Unable to choose topics of conversation
Unable to communicate
Unable to communicate about self
Unable to communicate feelings
Unable to communicate in different places
Unable to communicate intentions
Unable to communicate needs and wishes
Unable to communicate on different occasions
Unable to direct attention
Unable to express self
Unable to find words
Unable to greet
Unable to imitate forms of communication
Unable to infer meaning
Unable to initiate words
Unable to join in conversation
Unable to maintain conversation
Unable to make self understood
Unable to perform recreational use of conversation
Unable to play with words and meaning
Unable to presuppose in conversation
Unable to speak
Unable to speak at normal rate
Unable to speak fluently
Unable to speak intelligibly
Unable to take turns in conversation
Unable to talk
Unable to talk while playing
Unable to use a non-speech system for communication
Unable to use automatic language
Unable to use body language
Unable to use different forms of conversation
Unable to use grammatical constructions
Unable to use language
Unable to use non-verbal communication
Unable to use self-expression
Unable to use speech appropriately
Unable to use the elements of language
Unable to use verbal communication
Unable to use words
Unable to write
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Z86.59 - Personal history of other mental and behavioral disorders (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V40.1:
V40.0 - Mental and behavioral problems with learning
V40.2 - Other mental problems
V40.9 - Unspecified mental or behavioral problem