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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F94

Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence

ICD-10-CM Code:
F94
ICD-10 Code for:
Disord social w onset specific to childhood and adolescence
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Mental and behavioural disorders
    (F01–F99)
    • Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
      (F90-F98)
      • Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence
        (F94)

F94 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Disord social w onset specific to childhood and adolescence

Non-specific codes like F94 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for disord social w onset specific to childhood and adolescence:

  • Use F94.0 for Selective mutism - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F94.1 for Reactive attachment disorder of childhood - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F94.2 for Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F94.8 for Other childhood disorders of social functioning - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F94.9 for Childhood disorder of social functioning, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Patient Education


Child Mental Health

It's important to recognize and treat mental illnesses in children early on. Once mental illness develops, it becomes a regular part of your child's behavior. This makes it more difficult to treat.

But it's not always easy to know when your child has a serious problem. Everyday stresses can cause changes in your child's behavior. For example, getting a new brother or sister or going to a new school may cause a child to temporarily act out. Warning signs that it might be a more serious problem include:

  • Problems in more than one setting (at school, at home, with peers)
  • Changes in appetite or sleep
  • Social withdrawal or fear of things he or she did not used to be not afraid of
  • Returning to behaviors more common in younger children, such as bedwetting
  • Signs of being upset, such as sadness or tearfulness
  • Signs of self-destructive behavior, such as head-banging or suddenly getting hurt often
  • Repeated thoughts of death

To diagnose mental health problems, the doctor or mental health specialist looks at your child's signs and symptoms, medical history, and family history. Treatments include medicines and talk therapy.

NIH: National Institute of Mental Health


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.