F84.3
Billable codeOther childhood disintegrative disorder
The ICD-10 code for other childhood disintegrative disorder is F84.3.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Dementia infantilis
- Disintegrative psychosis
- Heller's syndrome
- Symbiotic psychosis
Use additional code
This code represents an underlying condition. When a related manifestation is also present, coding convention calls for an additional code to be listed after this one.
- code to identify any associated neurological condition.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •If the associated manifestation or related condition noted above is also documented, an additional code should be reported alongside this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- F84.0Autistic disorder
- F84.2Rett's syndrome
- F84.5Asperger's syndrome
- F84.8Other pervasive developmental disorders
- F84.9Pervasive developmental disorder, unspecified
- F84.3Other childhood disintegrative disorder
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 29910Approximate match
- 29911Approximate match
Associated MS-DRGs
F84.3 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.