AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)

We provide outpatient rehabilitation services and have several pediatric patients who have been diagnosed with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). There is no specific ICD-9-CM code for this disorder. The symptoms of CAPD include the inability to distinguish speech in background noise, maintain focus over time, impaired recall and short-term memory and the inability to hear the differences between sounds. How is central auditory processing disorder coded? ...

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