F98.4

Stereotyped movement disorders

Billable / specific

F98.4 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

  • Stereotype/habit disorder

Includes (from F98)

  • 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

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • abnormal involuntary movements (R25.-)

Excludes2

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

  • compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)
  • hair plucking (F63.3)
  • movement disorders of organic origin (G20-G25)
  • nail-biting (F98.8)
  • nose-picking (F98.8)
  • stereotypies that are part of a broader psychiatric condition (F01-F95)
  • thumb-sucking (F98.8)
  • tic disorders (F95.-)
  • trichotillomania (F63.3)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F98)
  • breath-holding spells (R06.89) (from F98)
  • gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2) (from F98)
  • Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13) (from F98)
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-) (from F98)
  • sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-) (from F98)

Also known as

  • Stereotype/habit disorder
  • Body, bodies, rocking
  • Disorder, movement, stereotyped
  • Disorder, stereotyped, habit or movement
  • Hair, plucking, in stereotyped movement disorder
  • Spasm, spastic, spasticity, nodding
  • Spasmus nutans
  • Stereotypies NEC

Parent code

  • F98Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceHeader

Related codes

  • F98.0Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological conditionBillable
  • F98.1Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological conditionBillable
  • F98.2Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhoodHeader
  • F98.3Pica of infancy and childhoodBillable
  • F98.5Adult onset fluency disorderBillable
  • F98.8Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceBillable
  • F98.9Unspecified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceBillable

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