Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

F98 Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

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Codes under this one

  • F98.0 Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
  • F98.1 Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
  • F98.2 Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhoodHeader
  • F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood
  • F98.4 Stereotyped movement disorders
  • F98.5 Adult onset fluency disorder
  • F98.8 Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
  • F98.9 Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Instructional notes

Chapter 5

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Includes
  • disorders of psychological development

Section F90-F98

Notes
  • Codes within categories F90-F98 may be used regardless of the age of a patient. These disorders generally have onset within the childhood or adolescent years, but may continue throughout life or not be diagnosed until adulthood

This code

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • breath-holding spells (R06.89)
  • gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2)
  • Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13)
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)
  • sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-)

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders · F90-F98 Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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