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F78.A

Other genetic related 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2022 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.

  1. FY2022 Added to the code set Other genetic related intellectual disabilities

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