Diagnosis Code

F72 SEVERE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F72

Short Description: Severe intellectual disabilities

Long Description: Severe intellectual disabilities

The code F72 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Intellectual disabilities (F70-F79)
      • Severe intellectual disabilities (F72)
        • F72 Severe intellectual disabilities

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Congenital insensitivity to pain with severe intellectual disability
  • Diplegia
  • Severe intellectual disability
  • Severe intellectual disability and progressive spastic paraplegia
  • Severe intellectual disability, poor language, strabismus, grimacing face, long fingers syndrome
  • Severe intellectual disability, progressive postnatal microcephaly, midline stereotypic hand movements syndrome
  • Severe intellectual disability, progressive spastic diplegia syndrome
  • Severe intellectual disability, short stature, behavioral abnormalities, facial dysmorphism syndrome
  • Severe motor and intellectual disabilities, sensorineural deafness, dystonia syndrome
  • Spastic diplegia
  • Spastic paralysis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F72 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • IQ 20-25 to 35-40
    • Severe mental subnormality

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F72 Right Arrow 318.1 Sev intellect disability

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023