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F80.4

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Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss

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

What This Code Means

Delayed speech and language development that is directly caused by hearing loss. Once the hearing loss is addressed, language development typically improves.

Coding Tips

  • •Always code the hearing loss separately (H90.x or H91.x codes) as the primary etiology
  • •This code should only be used when hearing loss is documented as the cause of the speech/language delay

Code Also

  • type of hearing loss (H90.-, H91.-)

Code Hierarchy

└F80Specific developmental disorders of speech and language└F80.4Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss
└F80.4Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss

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