F98
Header — not billableOther behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
The ICD-10 code for other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence is F98.
F98 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under F98
- F98.0Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
- F98.1Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
- F98.2Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhoodnon-billable header
- F98.3Pica of infancy and childhood
- F98.4Stereotyped movement disorders
- F98.5Adult onset fluency disorder
- F98.8Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
- F98.9Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
Related codes in this category
- F90Attention-deficit hyperactivity disordersnon-billable header
- F91Conduct disordersnon-billable header
- F93Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhoodnon-billable header
- F94Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescencenon-billable header
- F95Tic disordernon-billable header
- F98Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescencenon-billable header