- F81.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM F81.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F81.81 – other international versions of ICD-10 F81.81 may differ.
ICD-10-CM F81.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 886 Behavioral and developmental disorders
Applicable To
- Specific learning disorder, with impairment in written expression
- Specific spelling disorder
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to F81.81:
- developmental > Agraphia (absolute) R48.8
- spelling > development R62.50
- spelling > delayed R62.50
- written expression > delayed R62.50
- spelling (specific) > Difficult, difficulty (in)
- spelling, specific > Disability, disabilities
- expressive writing > developmental F89
- written expression > developmental F89
- written expression > with impairment in F81.2
- spelling > learning (specific) F81.9
- written expression > learning (specific) F81.9
- spelling > specific F81.2
- written expression > specific F81.2
- spelling (specific) > Disorder (of)
- spelling (specific) (without reading disorder) > Retardation