F93.9

Childhood emotional disorder, unspecified

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

This is the unspecified option. 2 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 1 never code together

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 2

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 3

Difficult, difficulty (in)
- reading (developmental) F81.0
  - secondary to emotional disorders F93.9
Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- emotional (persistent) F34.9
  - of childhood F93.9
Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
- emotions specific to childhood and adolescence F93.9

Alongside this code 2 same parent — F93

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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Present FY2024–FY2027.