ICD-10-CM 2027
ICD-10 code for speech
Choose a code from the options below based on the documentation.
From the official ICD-10-CM alphabetic index entry “Speech”. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About coding speech
The official ICD-10-CM index doesn't give a single default code for speech; the code depends on the details below.
More specific speech codes (official index)
- defect, disorder, disturbance, impediment R47.9 — Unspecified speech disturbances
- psychogenic, in childhood and adolescence F98.8 — Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
- slurring R47.81 — Slurred speech
- specified NEC R47.89 — Other speech disturbances