F98.5
Adult onset fluency disorder
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
F98.5code
F98code
F01-F99chapter
Excludes2
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)R00-R99
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
F90-F98block
Notes
- Codes within categories F90-F98 may be used regardless of the age of a patient. These disorders generally have onset within the childhood or adolescent years, but may continue throughout life or not be diagnosed until adulthoodF90-F98
F01-F99chapter
Includes
- disorders of psychological development
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 7 same parent — F98
F98.0 Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiol condition F98.1 Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiol condition F98.2 Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood category F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood F98.4 Stereotyped movement disorders F98.8 Oth behav/emotn disord w onset usly occur in chldhd and adol F98.9 Unsp behav/emotn disord w onst usly occur in chldhd and adol
Additional references
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