Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 318.2
Profound mental retardation
  • Short description: Profound mental retardat.
  • ICD-9-CM 318.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 318.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 318.2 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM F73 Profound intellectual disabilities
Approximate Synonyms
  • Intellectual disability, profound
  • Profound intellectual disability
  • Profound mental retardation (I.Q. below 20)
Applies To
  • IQ under 20
  • Profound mental subnormality
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 318.2:
  • Idiot, idiocy (congenital) 318.2
    • amaurotic (Bielschowsky) (-Jansky) (family) (infantile (late)) (juvenile (late)) (Vogt-Spielmeyer) 330.1
  • IQ
    • under 20 318.2
  • Mental - see also condition
    • subnormality (see also Retardation, mental) 319
  • Retardation
    • mental 319
      • borderline V62.89
      • mild, IQ 50-70 317
      • moderate, IQ 35-49 318.0
      • profound, IQ under 20 318.2
      • severe, IQ 20-34 318.1
  • Subnormal, subnormality
    • mental (see also Retardation, mental) 319
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