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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 784.59
Other speech disturbance
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 784.59 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 784.59 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 784.59 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R47.02 Dysphasia
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R47.81 Slurred speech
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R47.89 Other speech disturbances
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired dysphasias
  • Amphoric voice
  • Anarthria
  • Anterior dysphasia
  • Articulatory defect
  • Articulatory defect due to conductive hearing loss
  • Articulatory defect secondary to dental defect
  • Articulatory dyspraxia
  • Bradylalia
  • Broca's dysphasia
  • Congenital dysphasia
  • Congenital receptive dysphasia
  • Difficulty articulating clearly
  • Difficulty articulating words
  • Difficulty imitating speech sounds
  • Difficulty making movements for speech
  • Difficulty making speech sounds
  • Difficulty placing for articulation
  • Difficulty using blended sounds
  • Difficulty using clicks in speech
  • Difficulty using consonant vowel combination
  • Difficulty using consonant vowel consonant combination
  • Difficulty using correct manner of articulation
  • Difficulty using glottalic airstream for speech
  • Difficulty using pulmonic airstream for speech
  • Difficulty using secondary articulation
  • Difficulty using single consonant
  • Difficulty using single vowels
  • Difficulty using sounds in isolation
  • Difficulty using velaric airstream for speech
  • Disorder of speech
  • Disturbance in speech
  • Disturbance in speech rhythm
  • Does not articulate clearly
  • Does not articulate words
  • Does not imitate speech sounds
  • Does not make movements for speech
  • Does not make speech sounds
  • Does not use clicks in speech
  • Does not use glottalic airstream for speech
  • Does not use pulmonic airstream for speech
  • Does not use respiratory support for speech
  • Does not use secondary articulation
  • Does not use velaric airstream for speech
  • Dysfluency
  • Dyslalia
  • Dysphasia
  • Dyspraxia of velopharynx
  • Dysprosody of 'pseudoforeign dialect'
  • Efferent motor dysphasia
  • Embololalia
  • Explosive speech
  • Expressive dysphasia
  • Fluent aphasia
  • Frontal dynamic dysphasia
  • Has difficulty with speech
  • Hypophonia
  • Impairment of speech form
  • Impairment of voice production
  • Incoherent speech
  • Lalling
  • Mimmation
  • Mirror speech
  • Mixed dysphasia
  • Mixed transcortical dysphasia
  • Motor dysprosody
  • Mussitation
  • Nasal and facial grimacing associated with speaking
  • Nasal emission on pressure consonants
  • Non-Alzheimer's progressive dysphasia
  • Non-fluent aphasia
  • On examination - dysphasia - motor
  • On examination - dysphasia - sensory
  • On examination - speech defect
  • Oral dyspraxia
  • Oral-verbal dyspraxia
  • Paraphrasia
  • Posterior dysphasia
  • Pressure of speech
  • Receptive dysphasia
  • Reduced intraoral pressure
  • Restricted sound system
  • Semantic dysphasia
  • Slurred speech
  • Slurring
  • Speech delay, disturbance
  • Speech disorder
  • Speech disturbance
  • Speech disturbance, hesitant speaking
  • Speech dysfunction
  • Speech hesitation dysfluency
  • Speech problem
  • Speech processing disorder
  • Staccato speech
  • Transcortical motor dysphasia
  • Transcortical sensory dysphasia
  • Unable to articulate clearly
  • Unable to articulate words
  • Unable to imitate speech sounds
  • Unable to make movements for speech
  • Unable to make speech sounds
  • Unable to place for articulation
  • Unable to use blended sounds
  • Unable to use clicks in speech
  • Unable to use consonant vowel combination
  • Unable to use consonant vowel consonant combination
  • Unable to use correct manner of articulation
  • Unable to use glottalic airstream for speech
  • Unable to use pulmonic airstream for speech
  • Unable to use respiratory support for speech
  • Unable to use secondary articulation
  • Unable to use single consonant
  • Unable to use single vowels
  • Unable to use sounds in isolation
  • Unable to use velaric airstream for speech
  • Velopharyngeal inadequacy
  • Velopharyngeal mislearning
  • Verbal dyspraxia
  • Verbigeration
  • Wernicke's dysphasia
Applies To
  • Dysphasia
  • Slurred speech
  • Speech disturbance NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 784.59:
  • Acataphasia 784.59
  • Defect, defective 759.9
    • speech NEC 784.59
      • developmental 315.39
      • late effect of cerebrovascular disease - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease, speech and language deficit
      • secondary to organic lesion 784.59
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • speech NEC 784.59
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • speech NEC 784.59
      • developmental 315.39
        • associated with hyperkinesis 314.1
      • secondary to organic lesion 784.59
  • Dyslalia 784.59
  • Dysphasia 784.59
  • Impediment, speech NEC 784.59
    • secondary to organic lesion 784.59
  • Slurred, slurring, speech 784.59
  • Speech
    • defect, disorder, disturbance, impediment NEC 784.59
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