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F78

Other intellectual disabilities

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2021, and a category header from FY2022.

Submit one of these 1 more specific code instead:

  • F78.A Other genetic related intellectual disabilities (also a header)

Use instead:

  • F78.A1 SYNGAP1-related intellectual disability stated for FY2021
  • F78.A9 Other genetic related intellectual disability stated for FY2021

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other mental retardation
  2. FY2012 Draft description revised draft Other mental retardation Other intellectual disabilities
  3. FY2022 Stopped being billable

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the F70-F79 section Intellectual Disabilities (F70-F79)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • borderline intellectual functioning, IQ above 70 to 84 (R41.83)

Code first

  • any associated physical or developmental disorders