ICD-10 diagnosis code

R47.0 Dysphasia and aphasia

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R47.0 is the ICD-10 code for Dysphasia and aphasia. It is a four-character subcategory of R47 (Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block R47–R49 (Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XVIII · R00–R99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What R47.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • progressive isolated aphasia G31.0

R47.0 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

R47.0Dysfasi och afasi

  • R47.0ADysfasi och afasi
  • R47.0BPragmatisk språkstörning
  • R47.0CAnnan specificerad språkstörning
  • R47.0DOspecificerad språkstörning
NorwayICD-10-NO

R47.0Dysfasi eller afasi

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR470Dysfasi eller afasi

  • DR470ADysfasi
  • DR470BAfasi
FinlandICD-10-FI

R47.0Dysfasia tai afasia

GermanyICD-10-GM

R47.0Dysphasie und Aphasie

FranceICD-10-FR

R47.0Dysphasie et aphasie

  • R47.00Aphasie récente, persistant au-delà de 24 heures
  • R47.01Aphasie récente, régressive dans les 24 heures
  • R47.02Aphasie, autre et sans précision
  • R47.03Dysphasie
NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R47.0dysfasie en afasie

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • R47.01Aphasia
  • R47.02Dysphasia

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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