F98.9 - Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
| ICD-10: | F98.9 |
| Short Description: | Unsp behav/emotn disord w onst usly occur in chldhd and adol |
| Long Description: | Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
F98.9 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like F98.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Adolescent behavior alteration
- Axis II diagnosis
- Axis V diagnosis
- Behavioral and emotional disorder with onset in childhood
- Childhood disorder of conduct and emotion
- Chronic mental disorder
- Conduct disorder, childhood-onset type
- Deferred diagnosis on Axis II
- Hypersomnia disorder related to another mental disorder
- Insomnia disorder related to another mental disorder
- Mental disorder
- Mental disorder in adolescence
- Mental disorder in childhood
- On severe mental illness register
- Psychiatric behavioral disability
- Psychiatric treatment changed
- Psychiatric treatment started
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Disorder (of) - See Also: Disease;
- - Disturbance (s) - See Also: Disease;
- - habit, child - F98.9
- - Habit, habituation
- - disturbance, child - F98.9
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| F98.9 | 313.9 - Emotional dis child NOS | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
Patient Education
Child Behavior Disorders
All kids misbehave some times. And some may have temporary behavior problems due to stress. For example, the birth of a sibling, a divorce, or a death in the family may cause a child to act out. Behavior disorders are more serious. They involve a pattern of hostile, aggressive, or disruptive behaviors for more than 6 months. The behavior is also not appropriate for the child's age.
Warning signs can include:
- Harming or threatening themselves, other people or pets
- Damaging or destroying property
- Lying or stealing
- Not doing well in school, skipping school
- Early smoking, drinking or drug use
- Early sexual activity
- Frequent tantrums and arguments
- Consistent hostility toward authority figures
If you see signs of a problem, ask for help. Poor choices can become habits. Kids who have behavior problems are at higher risk for school failure, mental health problems, and even suicide. Classes or family therapy may help parents learn to set and enforce limits. Talk therapy and behavior therapy for your child can also help.
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
