759.5 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Diagnosis Definition(s)
autosomal dominant disease characterized principally by the presences of hamartomas of the brain, retina, and visera; clinical manifestations include mental retardation, seizures, and adenoma sebaceum of the face.
A triad of epilepsy, mental retardation, and angiofibromas of numerous organs with intracranial hamartomatous lesions involving subependymal nodules and cerebral cortical tubers (hence the name "tuberous sclerosis."
Hereditary disease characterized by seizures, mental retardation, developmental delay, and skin and ocular lesions. First signs usually occur during infancy or childhood but in rare cases may not occur until 2nd or 3rd decade.
Also applicable to/known as
Bourneville's disease
Epiloia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 759.5
Adenoma (sessile) (M8140/0) - see also Neoplasm, by site, benign
sebaceous, sebaceum (gland) (senile) (M8410/0) - see also Neoplasm, skin, benign
2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 759.5
759.5
