F70

Billable
ChapterF01–F99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Mild intellectual disabilities

Metadata & Insights
  • 2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99).

CH5 Parent Instructions

Includes
  • disorders of psychological development
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

F70-F79 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • borderline intellectual functioning, IQ above 70 to 84 (R41.83)
Code First
  • any associated physical or developmental disorders

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • IQ level 50-55 to approximately 70
  • Mild mental subnormality

Clinical Hierarchy

CH5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
F70-F79Intellectual Disabilities (F70-F79)
F70Mild intellectual disabilities

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to F70:

blockF70-F79
Intellectual Disabilities (F70-F79)
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chapterCH5
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to F70. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

6 raw paths
Feeble-minded1 unique routes
Direct index entryF70
I.Q.1 unique routes
Moron (I.Q.50-69)1 unique routes
Direct index entryF70

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

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