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Specific code icon 2013 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F98.8

Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

  • F98.8 is a specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to specify a diagnosis.
  • ICD-10-CM officially replaces ICD-9-CM on October 1, 2014, therefore, F98.8 and all ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes should only be used for training or planning purposes until then.
Applicable To
  • Excessive masturbation
  • Nail-biting
  • Nose-picking
  • Thumb-sucking
Mortality Data
  • Between 1999-2007 there were 2 deaths in the United States where ICD-10 F98.8 was indicated as the underlying cause of death [source: cdc.govlink to cdc.gov]
  • ICD-10 F98.8 as underlying cause of death data broken down by: gender, age, race, year
ICD-10-CM F98.8 is part of Diagnostic Related Group (MS-DRG v28.0):
  • 886 Behavioral & developmental disorders
Convert ICD-10-CM F98.8 to ICD-9-CM
The following ICD-10-CM Index entries contain back-references to ICD-10-CM F98.8:
  • Attention(to)
  • deficit disorder or syndrome F98.8
  • Deficiency, deficient
  • attention(disorder) (syndrome) F98.8
  • Impediment, speech R47.9
  • psychogenic(childhood) F98.8
  • Masturbation(excessive) F98.8
  • Nail - see also condition
  • biting F98.8
  • Nose-picking F98.8
  • Onanism(excessive) F98.8
  • Onychophagia F98.8
  • Picking, nose F98.8
  • Speech
  • defect, disorder, disturbance, impediment R47.9
    psychogenic, in childhood and adolescence F98.8
  • Sucking thumb, child(excessive) F98.8
  • Thumb - see also condition
  • sucking(child problem) F98.8