F81.0✓ Billable

Specific reading disorder

Inclusion Terms

  • •'Backward reading'
  • •Developmental dyslexia
  • •Specific learning disorder, with impairment in reading
  • •Specific reading retardation

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to F81.0 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Alexia, developmentalBackward reading (dyslexia)Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes), word (developmental)Delay, delayed, development, readingDevelopment, delayed, readingDifficult, difficulty (in), reading (developmental)Disorder (of), developmental, learning, readingDisorder (of), developmental, readingDisorder (of), learning (specific), readingDisorder (of), learning (specific), specified, with impairment in, readingDisorder (of), reading, developmental (specific)Disorder (of), specific, readingDyslexia, developmentalMirror writingRetardation, reading (specific)StrephosymboliaWord, blindness (congenital) (developmental)

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •alexia NOS (R48.0)
  • •dyslexia NOS (R48.0)

Code Hierarchy

┌5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)├F80-F89Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89)├F81Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills
└F81.0Specific reading disorder

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