F70
F70: Mild intellectual disabilities
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F70 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for mild intellectual disabilities. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F70 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- IQ level 50-55 to approximately 70
- Mild mental subnormality
Other codes that can never be billed with F70
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R41.83Borderline intellectual functioning
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F70 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalizationnot covered
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
- A57052Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Feeble-minded
- Moron(I.Q.50-69)
- Defect, defective›high grade
- I.Q.›50-69
- Weak, weakening, weakness›mind
- Disability, disabilities›intellectual›mild(I.Q.50-69)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.