ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
F70-F79 — Intellectual Disabilities
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.
Codes in range
7
No clinical group
0
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
7 of the 7 codes in F70-F79 group to Behavioral Health. Every code here is assigned a group.
Code families in F70-F79
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
Every code in F70-F79
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| F70 | Mild intellectual disabilities | F | Can lead a claim |
| F71 | Moderate intellectual disabilities | F | Can lead a claim |
| F72 | Severe intellectual disabilities | F | Can lead a claim |
| F73 | Profound intellectual disabilities | F | Can lead a claim |
| F78A1 | SYNGAP1-related intellectual disability | F | Can lead a claim |
| F78A9 | Other genetic related intellectual disability | F | Can lead a claim |
| F79 | Unspecified intellectual disabilities | F | Can lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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