F98.8
Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
Instructional notes 6
F98.8code
Inclusion terms
- Excessive masturbation
- Nail-biting
- Nose-picking
- Thumb-sucking
F90-F98block
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
F01-F99chapter
Includes
- disorders of psychological development
Index entries leading here 13
- Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- attention-deficit without hyperactivity (adolescent) (adult) (child) F98.8
- Deficiency, deficient
- attention (disorder) (syndrome) F98.8
- Attention (to)
- deficit disorder or syndrome F98.8
- Nail — see also condition
- biting F98.8
- Speech
- Impediment, speech R47.9
- psychogenic (childhood) F98.8
- Masturbation (excessive) F98.8
- Nose-picking F98.8
- Onanism (excessive) F98.8
- Onychophagia F98.8
- Picking, nose F98.8
- Thumb — see also condition
- sucking (child problem) F98.8
- Sucking thumb, child (excessive) F98.8
Alongside this code 7 same parent — F98
F98.0 Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiol condition F98.1 Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiol condition F98.2 Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood category F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood F98.4 Stereotyped movement disorders F98.5 Adult onset fluency disorder F98.9 Unsp behav/emotn disord w onst usly occur in chldhd and adol
Medications 4
41 Bipolar and Related Disorders drugs 10 Feeding and Eating Disorders drugs 65 Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders drugs 19 Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders drugs
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