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R47.8 - Other speech disturbances


The ICD 10 Code for Other speech disturbances is listed as R47.8.
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: R47.8
Description: Other speech disturbances
  • Excludes1: dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -28)
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice (R47-R49)
Parent R47 - Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of R47.8:
R47.81 - Slurred speech
R47.82 - Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
R47.89 - Other speech disturbances
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R47.8:
R47.0 - Dysphasia and aphasia
R47.1 - Dysarthria and anarthria
R47.9 - Unspecified speech disturbances