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F98

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

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:

  • 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 childhood (also a header)
  • 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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • 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.-)

Inherited from the F90-F98 section Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)

Note

  • 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