F93.8

Other childhood emotional disorders

Billable / specific

F93.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Identity disorder

Includes (from F93)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • Note: 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 adulthood

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F93)

Also known as

  • Identity disorder
  • Crisis, emotional, specific to childhood and adolescence
  • Disorder, emotional, of childhood, specified NEC
  • Disorder, identity, of childhood
  • Disorder, overanxious, of childhood
  • Disorder, sibling rivalry
  • Disturbance, emotions specific to childhood and adolescence, with anxiety and fearfulness NEC
  • Disturbance, emotions specific to childhood and adolescence, involving relationship problems
  • Disturbance, emotions specific to childhood and adolescence, mixed
  • Disturbance, emotions specific to childhood and adolescence, specified NEC
  • Jealousy, childhood
  • Jealousy, sibling
  • Problem, identity
  • Problem, jealousy, child
  • Problem, relationship, childhood
  • Reaction, fear, child

Parent code

  • F93Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhoodHeader

Related codes

  • F93.0Separation anxiety disorder of childhoodBillable
  • F93.9Childhood emotional disorder, unspecifiedBillable

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