F81.2

Mathematics disorder

FY2027Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders/F80–F89 Pervasive and specific developmental disorders

BillableComplete code, valid to report

F81.2 (also written F812) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for mathematics 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 9 entries. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 4 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

This code
  • arithmetical difficulties associated with a reading disorder (F81.0)
  • arithmetical difficulties associated with a spelling disorder (F81.81)
  • arithmetical difficulties due to inadequate teaching (Z55.8)
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • 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-DRGDescriptionFactor
886Behavioral & developmental disorders1.07
A principal diagnosis that groups to none of the 19 designated MS-DRGs gets no MS-DRG adjustment. Otherwise the claim still receives the federal per diem base rate and the other adjustments.

Source: CMS IPF PPS FY 2027 final rule (CMS-1847-F), Addendum A; code lists from the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44; effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2026

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • disorders of psychological development

Inclusion terms

Conditions classified to this code.

This code
  • Developmental acalculia
  • Developmental arithmetical disorder
  • Developmental Gerstmann's syndrome
  • Specific learning disorder, with impairment in mathematics

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 9 entries