F80.0

Billable

Phonological disorder

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A speech disorder where a child has difficulty producing certain speech sounds correctly, affecting how clearly they speak. The child's language understanding is typically normal, but sound production is impaired.

Coding Tips

•Ensure the disorder is not secondary to hearing loss, cleft palate, or neurological conditions; if secondary, code the underlying condition instead
•Document specific phonemes affected and age of onset to support the diagnosis

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

speech articulation impairment due to aphasia NOS (R47.01)
speech articulation impairment due to apraxia (R48.2)

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

speech articulation impairment due to hearing loss (F80.4)
speech articulation impairment due to intellectual disabilities (F70-F79)
speech articulation impairment with expressive language developmental disorder (F80.1)
speech articulation impairment with mixed receptive expressive language developmental disorder (F80.2)

Code Hierarchy

└F80Specific developmental disorders of speech and language └F80.0Phonological disorder

└F80.0Phonological disorder