Diagnosis Code

F94.0 SELECTIVE MUTISM


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F94.0

Short Description: Selective mutism

Long Description: Selective mutism

The code F94.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)
      • Disord social w onset specific to childhood and adolescence (F94)
        • F94.0 Selective mutism

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Childhood and adolescent disturbance with elective mutism
  • Elective mutism
  • Elective mutism
  • Elective mutism due to an adjustment reaction

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F94.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Elective mutism
  • Type 2 Excludes Notes:
    • pervasive developmental disorders (@F84*.-)
    • schizophrenia (@F20*.-)
    • specific developmental disorders of speech and language (@F80*.-)
    • transient mutism as part of separation anxiety in young children (@F93.0*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F94.0 Right Arrow 313.23 Selective mutism

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
F94 Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence
F94.1 Reactive attachment disorder of childhood
F94.2 Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood
F94.8 Other childhood disorders of social functioning
F94.9 Childhood disorder of social functioning, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023