F93.8Other childhood emotional disorders

F93.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other childhood emotional disorders. It belongs to category F93 (emotional disorders with onset specific to childhood), block F90-F98 (behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence) and chapter 5 (mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within F93, choose F93.8 (Other childhood emotional disorders) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: separation anxiety disorder of childhood (F93.0) and childhood emotional disorder, unspecified (F93.9).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of F93.8, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 886 (Behavioral and Developmental Disorders, relative weight 1.8678), in MDC 19 (Mental Diseases and Disorders), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 313.0 (Overanxious disorder specific to childhood and adolescence), 313.3 (relationship problems specific to childhood and adolescence), 313.82 (identity disorder of childhood or adolescence) and 1 more.