F80.1

Billable
ChapterF01–F99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Expressive language disorder

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Developmental dysphasia or aphasia, expressive type
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • mixed receptive-expressive language disorder (F80.2)
  • dysphasia and aphasia NOS (R47.-)
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • acquired aphasia with epilepsy [Landau-Kleffner] (G40.80-)
  • selective mutism (F94.0)
  • intellectual disabilities (F70-F79)
  • pervasive developmental disorders (F84.-)
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
F80-F89Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89)
F80Specific developmental disorders of speech and language
F80.1Expressive language disorder

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to F80.1:

chapterCH5
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to F80.1. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

5 raw paths
Aphasia (amnestic) (global) (nominal) (semantic) (syntactic)1 unique routes
developmental (receptive type)
expressive type→F80.1
Development1 unique routes
delayed
language (skills) (expressive)→F80.1
Disorder (of)2 unique routes
developmental
language
expressive→F80.1
language (developmental)
expressive→F80.1
Dysphasia1 unique routes
developmental
expressive type→F80.1

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 886
Behavioral and Developmental Disorders

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