R47.89 is the authoritative medical code for Other speech disturbances. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other speech disturbances (ICD-10-CM R47.89), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Other speech disturbances is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code R47.89. Excludes1 (not coded here): dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -28); autism F84.0; cluttering F80.81; specific developmental disorders of speech and language F80.-; stuttering F80.81.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for R47.89 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -28)
- autism F84.0
- cluttering F80.81
- specific developmental disorders of speech and language F80.-
- stuttering F80.81
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with R47.89?
Per Excludes1 instructions, R47.89 must not be reported with: dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -28); autism (F84.0); cluttering (F80.81); specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80.-).
Codes in This Family (9)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as R47.89, with their registry titles.
- R47 — Speech disturbances, not elsewhere classified
- R47.0 — Dysphasia and aphasia
- R47.01 — Aphasia
- R47.02 — Dysphasia
- R47.1 — Dysarthria and anarthria
- R47.8 — Other speech disturbances
- R47.81 — Slurred speech
- R47.82 — Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
- R47.9 — Unspecified speech disturbances
Indexed Clinical Terms (7)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Defect, defective, speech, specified NEC
- Disorder (of), speech, specified NEC
- Disturbance (s), speech, specified NEC
- Impediment, speech, specified NEC
- Problem (with) (related to), speech, specified NEC
- Problem (with) (related to), voice production
- Speech, defect, disorder, disturbance, impediment, specified NEC
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