R47.82 Billable Code
Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 18
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Section Detail
R47-R49
Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice (R47-R49)
Code Hierarchy
This code is a child of R47.8.
Coding Guidelines & Notes
codeFirst
- underlying disease or condition, such as:
- Parkinson's disease (G20.-)
excludes1
- adult onset fluency disorder (F98.5)
- childhood onset fluency disorder (F80.81)
- fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)
OPPS Editing Flags
External Cause
No
Mental Health
No
Manifestation (Edit 89)
Yes
Code First Applicable This code represents a manifestation of an underlying disease. The underlying condition must be coded first as the principal diagnosis.
No
Unacceptable PDX (Edit 113)
No
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