F72
F72: Severe intellectual disabilities
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F72 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for severe intellectual disabilities. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F72 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- IQ 20-25 to 35-40
- Severe mental subnormality
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F72 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 3 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 Servicesnot covered
- A57052Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- I.Q.›20-34
- Disability, disabilities›intellectual›severe(I.Q.20-34)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.