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F98.9

Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 6 never code together
F98code
Excludes2
  • breath-holding spells (R06.89)R06.89
  • gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2)F64.2
  • Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13)G47.13
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)F42.-
  • sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-)F51.-
F01-F99chapter
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
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 3
  • Disorder (of) — see also Disease
    • mental (or behavioral) (nonpsychotic) F99
      • infancy, childhood or adolescence F98.9
  • Habit, habituation
    • disturbance, child F98.9
  • Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
Alongside this code 7 same parent — F98
Medications 4

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
F98
Block
F90-F98
Siblings
7

Present FY2024–FY2027.