F93.8

Other childhood emotional disorders

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 2 never code together

Excludes2

Excludes2

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)R00-R99

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3

Inclusion terms

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 adulthoodF90-F98

Includes

Index entries leading here 8

Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
- emotions specific to childhood and adolescence F93.9
  - with
    - anxiety and fearfulness NEC F93.8
  - mixed F93.8
  - specified NEC F93.8
  - involving relationship problems F93.8
Reaction — see also Disorder
- fear F40.9
  - child (abnormal) F93.8
- withdrawing, child or adolescent F93.8
Sensitive, sensitivity — see also Allergy
- child (excessive) F93.8
Problem (with) (related to)
- relationship Z63.9
  - childhood F93.8
- identity (of childhood) F93.8
- jealousy, child F93.8
Jealousy
- childhood F93.8
- sibling F93.8
Crisis
- emotional — see also Disorder, adjustment
  - specific to childhood and adolescence F93.8
Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- emotional (persistent) F34.9
  - of childhood F93.9
    - specified NEC F93.8
- sibling rivalry F93.8
- overanxious F41.1
  - of childhood F93.8
- identity
  - of childhood F93.8
Timidity, child F93.8

Alongside this code 2 same parent — F93

Additional references

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