ICD-9 code 318.0 for Moderate intellectual disabilities is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (317-319).
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I would just use I69.318. The symptom code shouldn't be coded in addition because the code description already encompasses that, and also because there's an excludes1 note on R41.84- instructing that... [ Read More ]
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[URL='https://www.aapc.com/discuss/threads/a-new-patient-and-old-problem.27555/']This is a bit of an old thread from this site[/URL], but it addr... [ Read More ]
[URL='https://www.aapc.com/discuss/threads/a-new-patient-and-old-problem.27555/']This is a bit of an old thread from this site[/URL], but it addresses pretty much the same issue.
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