F81.0

What This Code Means

A specific learning disorder affecting reading ability, where a child has persistent difficulty learning to read despite adequate instruction and normal intelligence. Decoding and reading fluency are impaired.

Coding Tips

• •Require psychoeducational or educational testing results documenting the reading deficit and ruling out other causes
• •Ensure the disorder is not better explained by sensory impairment, intellectual disability, or lack of educational opportunity