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F70.1: Mild mental retardation Significant impairment of behaviour requiring attention or treatment

Your mental abilities are slightly impaired. Your behavior has changed significantly as a result.

Intelligence involves various mental abilities. Intelligence can be assessed using certain tests. These are called intelligence tests or IQ tests. To take in and use new knowledge, we need mental abilities. These include the abilities to speak, to concentrate, and to memorize things. Under certain circumstances the mental abilities may not develop properly. You may then have difficulties in dealing with other people. Movements may also be changed.

You have an IQ of 50-69. This corresponds to a mental age of 9 to 12 years old. As a result, you may not be able to learn and apply new things so quickly. However, you are still able to work and deal well with other people.

Your diminished mental ability has changed your behavior significantly. You may therefore need treatment.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).