delay. Social communication skills may be deficient among individuals with global de-
velopmental delay or in tellectual disability, but a separa te diagnosis is not given unless
the social communication deficits are clearl y in excess of the intellectual limitations.
Unspecified Communication Disorder
307.9 (F80.9)
This category applies to presentations in which symptoms characteristic of communication
disorder that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or
other important areas of func tioning predominate but do not meet the full criteria for com-
munication disorder or for any of the disorders in the neurodevelopmental disorders diag-
nostic class. The unspecified communication disorder category is used in situations in
which the clinician chooses not to specify the reason that the criteria are not met for com-
munication disorder or for a specific neurodevelopmental disorder, and includes presen-
tations in which there is insufficient information to make a more specific diagnosis.