2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 784.3
Aphasia
- cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form; caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere; general categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
- Partial or complete impairment of language comprehension, formulation, or use due to brain damage.
- ICD-9-CM 784.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
784.3 Alternative Terminology
784.3 Excludes 
)Convert 784.3 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 784.3:
developmental 
receptive-expressive 
