ICD-10-CM Codes
F01-F99 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
F80-F89 Pervasive and specific developmental disorders
F81- Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.2

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.2

Mathematics disorder

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Billable/Specific Code

F81.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F81.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F81.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 F81.2 may differ.

Applicable To

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

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as F81.2. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

acalculia NOS (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.8
Other symbolic dysfunctions
Applicable To
- Acalculia
- Agraphia
R48.8
)

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (F81.2) and the excluded code together.

arithmetical difficulties associated with a reading disorder (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.0
Specific reading disorder
Applicable To
- 'Backward reading'
- Developmental dyslexia
- Specific learning disorder, with impairment in reading
- Specific reading retardation
Type 1 Excludes
- alexia NOS (R48.0)
- dyslexia NOS (R48.0)
F81.0
)
arithmetical difficulties associated with a spelling disorder (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.81
Disorder of written expression
Applicable To
- Specific learning disorder, with impairment in written expression
- Specific spelling disorder
F81.81
)
arithmetical difficulties due to inadequate teaching (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z55.8
Other problems related to education and literacy
Applicable To
- Problems related to inadequate teaching
Z55.8
)

The following code(s) above F81.2 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to F81.2:

F01-F99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range F01-F99
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Includes
- disorders of psychological development
Type 2 Excludes
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Approximate Synonyms

Developmental arithmetic disorder
Developmental disorder in mathematics
Specific learning disorder w impairment in mathematics

ICD-10-CM F81.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

886 Behavioral and developmental disorders

Convert F81.2 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to F81.2:

Acalculia R48.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.8
Other symbolic dysfunctions
Applicable To
Acalculia
Agraphia
- developmental F81.2
Development
- delayed R62.50
  - see also Delay, development
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.50
  Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Infantilism NOS
  - arithmetical skills F81.2
Disorder (of) - see also Disease
- developmental F89
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F89
  Unspecified disorder of psychological development
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Developmental disorder NOS
  Neurodevelopmental disorder NOS
  - learning F81.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.9
    Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Knowledge acquisition disability NOS
    Learning disability NOS
    Learning disorder NOS
    - arithmetical F81.2
  - arithmetical skills F81.2
- learning (specific) F81.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.9
  Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Knowledge acquisition disability NOS
  Learning disability NOS
  Learning disorder NOS
  - specified
    - with impairment in
      - mathematics F81.2
  - mathematics F81.2
- specific
  - arithmetical F81.2
Dyscalculia R48.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.8
Other symbolic dysfunctions
Applicable To
Acalculia
Agraphia
- developmental F81.2
Gerstmann's syndrome R48.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.8
Other symbolic dysfunctions
Applicable To
Acalculia
Agraphia
- developmental F81.2

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To F81.2

F80.1 Expressive language disorder

F80.2 Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder

F80.4 Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss

F80.8 Other developmental disorders of speech and language

F80.81 Childhood onset fluency disorder

F80.82 Social pragmatic communication disorder

F80.89 Other developmental disorders of speech and language

F80.9 Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified

F81 Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.0 Specific reading disorder

F81.2 Mathematics disorder

F81.8 Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.81 Disorder of written expression

F81.89 Other developmental disorders of scholastic skills

F81.9 Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

F82 Specific developmental disorder of motor function

F84 Pervasive developmental disorders

F84.0 Autistic disorder

F84.2 Rett's syndrome

F84.3 Other childhood disintegrative disorder

F84.5 Asperger's syndrome

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F81.2

Mathematics disorder

Other symbolic dysfunctions

Specific reading disorder

Disorder of written expression

Other problems related to education and literacy

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Other symbolic dysfunctions

Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Unspecified disorder of psychological development

Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

Developmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified

Other symbolic dysfunctions

Other symbolic dysfunctions