ICD-11 code : 6A01;
Preferred Label : Developmental speech or language disorders;
ICD-11 definition : Developmental speech or language disorders arise during the developmental period and
are characterised by difficulties in understanding or producing speech and language
or in using language in context for the purposes of communication that are outside
the limits of normal variation expected for age and level of intellectual functioning.
The observed speech and language problems are not attributable to regional, social,
or cultural/ethnic language variations and are not fully explained by anatomical or
neurological abnormalities. The presumptive aetiology for Developmental speech or
language disorders is complex, and in many individual cases, is unknown.;
ICD-11 "other" category code : 6A01.Y;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : 6A01.Z;
Origin ID : 33269655;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Developmental speech or language disorders arise during the developmental period and
are characterised by difficulties in understanding or producing speech and language
or in using language in context for the purposes of communication that are outside
the limits of normal variation expected for age and level of intellectual functioning.
The observed speech and language problems are not attributable to regional, social,
or cultural/ethnic language variations and are not fully explained by anatomical or
neurological abnormalities. The presumptive aetiology for Developmental speech or
language disorders is complex, and in many individual cases, is unknown.
