Billable Medical Code for Aphasia
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 784.3
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 784.3.
Known As
Aphasia is also known as 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, and receptive aphasia. This excludes aphasia due to late effects of cerebrovascular disease (438.11) and developmental aphasia (315.31).
Aphasia Definition and Symptoms
Aphasia is a condition that takes away a persons ability to communicate. A person suffering with aphasia has a very hard time or no ability to express or understand language, verbal or written. Aphasia typically occurs after a stroke but can gradually progress from a slow growing brain tumor. Symptoms include speaking in short or incomplete sentences, speaking in sentences that do not make sense, using unrecognizable words, interpreting figurative language literally, and writing sentences that do not make sense.