F81.0
Specific reading disorder
F81.0 (also written F810) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for specific reading disorder. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 5 codes in category F81 (Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 17 entries. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 1 Excludes2 entry.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
IPF Primary
IPF MS-DRG adjustment. A principal diagnosis of this code groups to this MS-DRG:
| MS-DRG | Description | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| 886 | Behavioral & developmental disorders | 1.07 |
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- disorders of psychological development
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- 'Backward reading'
- Developmental dyslexia
- Specific learning disorder, with impairment in reading
- Specific reading retardation
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 17 entries
- Alexia, developmental
- Backward reading (dyslexia)
- Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes), word (developmental)
- Delay, delayed, development, reading
- Development, delayed, reading
- Difficult, difficulty (in), reading (developmental)
- Disorder (of), developmental, learning, reading
- Disorder (of), developmental, reading
- Disorder (of), learning (specific), reading
- Disorder (of), learning (specific), specified, with impairment in, reading
- Disorder (of), reading, developmental (specific)
- Disorder (of), specific, reading