F94.0

Selective mutism

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

Exclusions 5 never code together

Excludes2

pervasive developmental disorders (F84.-)F84.-F84.-
schizophrenia (F20.-)F20.-F20.-
specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80.-)F80.-F80.-
transient mutism as part of separation anxiety in young children (F93.0)F93.0 F93.0

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 3

Reaction — see also Disorder
- adjustment (anxiety) (conduct disorder) (depressiveness) (distress) — see Disorder, adjustment
  - with
    - mutism, elective (child) (adolescent) F94.0
Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
- emotions specific to childhood and adolescence F93.9
  - with
    - elective mutism F94.0
Mutism — see also Aphasia
- elective (adjustment reaction) (childhood) F94.0
- selective (childhood) F94.0

Alongside this code 4 same parent — F94

Additional references

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

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Present FY2024–FY2027.