F81

Non-Billable

ChapterF01–F99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99).

CH5 Parent Instructions

Includes

disorders of psychological development

Excludes2(Not included here)

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

F80-F89Pervasive and specific developmental disorders (F80-F89)

F81Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.0Specific reading disorder

F81.2Mathematics disorder

F81.8Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.9Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to F81:

chapterCH5

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to F81. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Acalculia1 unique routes

developmental→F81

Agraphia (absolute)1 unique routes

developmental→F81

Alexia1 unique routes

developmental→F81

Backward reading (dyslexia)1 unique routes

Direct index entry→F81

Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes)1 unique routes

word (developmental)→F81

Delay, delayed4 unique routes

development(4 variants)

intellectual (specific)→F81

learning→F81

reading→F81

spelling→F81

Development6 unique routes

delayed(6 variants)

arithmetical skills→F81

learning skill→F81

reading→F81

specified learning skill NEC→F81

spelling→F81

written expression→F81

Difficult, difficulty (in)3 unique routes

reading (developmental)→F81

spelling (specific)→F81(2 variants)

with reading disorder→F81

Disability, disabilities3 unique routes

knowledge acquisition→F81

learning→F81

spelling, specific→F81

Disorder (of)4 unique routes

developmental(4 variants)

arithmetical skills→F81

expressive writing→F81

learning→F81(2 variants)

arithmetical→F81

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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