ICD-10-CM Code R47.01
Aphasia
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.R47.01 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of aphasia. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code R470 is used to code Aphasia
Aphasia is a combination of a speech and language disorder caused by damage to the brain that affects about one million individuals within the US. Most often caused by a cerebral vascular accident, which is also known as a stroke, aphasia can cause impairments in speech and language modalities. To be diagnosed with aphasia, a person's speech or language must be significantly impaired in one (or several) of the four communication modalities following acquired brain injury or have significant decline over a short time period (progressive aphasia). The four communication modalities are auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication.
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| MeSH Codes: | D001037, D001037 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 438.12, 784.5 |
Coding Notes for R47.01 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Aphasia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -20) - instead, use code I69.
- Progressive isolated aphasia - instead, use code G31.01
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #091-093 - Other disorders of nervous system with MCC.
- DRG Group #091-093 - Other disorders of nervous system with CC.
- DRG Group #091-093 - Other disorders of nervous system without CC or MCC.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Complete aphasia (finding)
- Post-traumatic mutism (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R47.01 - Aphasia'
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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 784.3 was previously used, R47.01 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
Parent Code: R47.0 - Dysphasia and aphasia