F80.81

Applicable To

• Cluttering NOS

• Stuttering NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Childhood onset stuttering

• Childhood onset stuttering and stammering

• Fluency disorder, childhood onset

• Stuttering and stammering, childhood onset

• Stuttering, childhood onset

Clinical Information

• A disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the individual’s age. This disturbance is characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables. Various other types of speech dysfluencies may also be involved including interjections, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocutions, words produced with an excess of physical tension, and monosyllabic whole word repetitions. Stuttering may occur as a developmental condition in childhood or as an acquired disorder which may be associated with brain infarctions and other brain diseases. from dsm-iv, 1994)

• A speech disorder characterized by frequent sound or syllable repetitions, sound prolongations, or other dysfluencies that are inappropriate for the individual’s age.

• Disorder in which speech is involuntarily interrupted by hesitations, repetitions, and spasms of the muscles involved in breathing or vocalization.

• Stuttering is a problem that affects the flow of your speech. If you stutter, you may

Details

• F80.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F80.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F80.81 – other international versions of ICD-10 F80.81 may differ.