ICD-10 diagnosis code

F80.0 Specific speech articulation disorder

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F80.0 is the ICD-10 code for Specific speech articulation disorder. It is a four-character subcategory of F80 (Specific developmental disorders of speech and language), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block F80–F89 (Disorders of psychological development) in Chapter V, Mental and behavioural disorders.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
V · F00–F99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

Definition

A specific developmental disorder in which the child's use of speech sounds is below the appropriate level for its mental age, but in which there is a normal level of language skills.

What F80.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Developmental:
    • phonological disorder
    • speech articulation disorder
  • Dyslalia
  • Functional speech articulation disorder
  • Lalling

What F80.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • speech articulation impairment (due to):
    • aphasia NOS R47.0
    • apraxia R48.2
    • hearing loss H90-H91
    • mental retardation F70-F79
    • with language developmental disorder: expressive F80.1
    • with language developmental disorder: receptive F80.2

F80.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

F80.0Specifik störning av artikulationsförmågan

  • F80.0AFonologisk språkstörning
  • F80.0BUtvecklingsförsening av oralmotorik
  • F80.0CDyslali och liknande artikulationsavvikelse
NorwayICD-10-NO

F80.0Spesifikk artikulasjonsforstyrrelse

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DF800Specifik sprogartikulationsforstyrrelse

FinlandICD-10-FI

F80.0Ääntämishäiriö

GermanyICD-10-GM

F80.0Artikulationsstörung

FranceICD-10-FR

F80.0Trouble spécifique de l'acquisition de l'articulation

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

F80.0specifieke articulatiestoornis

United StatesICD-10-CM

F80.0Phonological disorder

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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