F98

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

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F98 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F98

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

F80.81Childhood onset fluency disorder
Z72.4Inappropriate diet and eating habits
F42.4Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
N39.4Other specified urinary incontinence
R15Fecal incontinence
R25Abnormal involuntary movements
R32Unspecified urinary incontinence
R47.82Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead F98

8 child codes. Green means billable.