Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 784.3
Aphasia
  • ICD-9-CM 784.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 784.3 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).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 784.3 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R47.01 Aphasia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired aphasia w epilepsy
  • Acquired aphasia with epilepsy
  • Acquired epileptic aphasia
  • Akinetic mutism
  • Aphasia conductive
  • Aphasia, angular gyrus syndrome
  • Aphasia, expressive
  • Aphasia, expressive (difficulty speaking)
  • Aphasia, expressive and receptive
  • Aphasia, receptive
  • Aphasia-angular gyrus syndrome
  • Conduction aphasia
  • Conductive aphasia
  • Expressive and receptive aphasia
  • Expressive aphasia
  • Expressive dysphasia
  • Gerstmanns syndrome
  • Global aphasia
  • Psycho-sensory aphasia
  • Receptive aphasia
784.3 Excludes
  • aphasia due to late effects of cerebrovascular disease (438.11)
  • developmental aphasia (315.31)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 784.3:
  • Alalia 784.3
    • secondary to organic lesion 784.3
  • Aphasia (amnestic) (ataxic) (auditory) (Broca's) (choreatic) (classic) (expressive) (global) (ideational) (ideokinetic) (ideomotor) (jargon) (motor) (nominal) (receptive) (semantic) (sensory) (syntactic) (verbal) (visual) (Wernicke's) 784.3
    • uremic - see Uremia
  • Aphemia 784.3
    • uremic - see Uremia
  • Dumbness (see also Aphasia) 784.3
  • Dysnomia 784.3
  • Mutism (see also Aphasia) 784.3
    • akinetic 784.3
    • deaf (acquired) (congenital) 389.7
  • Paraphasia 784.3
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