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R48.0 - Dyslexia and alexia


The ICD 10 Code for Dyslexia and alexia is listed as R48.0.
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: R48.0
Description: Dyslexia and alexia
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
886 - Behavioral & Developmental Disorders
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 R48 - Dyslexia and other symbolic dysfunctions, not elsewhere classified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 315.01 - Alexia (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 784.61 - Alexia and dyslexia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R48.0:
R48.1 - Agnosia
R48.2 - Apraxia
R48.3 - Visual agnosia
R48.8 - Other symbolic dysfunctions
R48.9 - Unspecified symbolic dysfunctions