313.21 SHYNESS DISORDER-CHILD


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 313.21

Short Description: Shyness disorder-child

Long Description: Shyness disorder of childhood

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Neurotic disorders, personality disorders, and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (300-316)
      • 313 Disturbance of emotions specific to childhood and adolescence
        • 313.21 Shyness disorder-child

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 313.21 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • avoidant, childhood or adolescence 313.21
    • shyness, of childhood and adolescence 313.21
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • emotions specific to childhood or adolescence 313.9
      • with
        • sensitivity 313.21
        • shyness 313.21
  • Sensitivity, sensitization - see also Allergy
    • child (excessive) 313.21
  • Timidity, child 313.21

Crosswalk Information

The code 313.21 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
313.21 Right Arrow F93.8 Other childhood emotional disorders
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
313.0 Overanxious disorder specific to childhood and adolescence
313.1 Misery and unhappiness disorder specific to childhood and adolescence
313.22 Introverted disorder of childhood
313.23 Selective mutism
313.3 Relationship problems specific to childhood and adolescence
313.81 Oppositional defiant disorder
313.82 Identity disorder of childhood or adolescence
313.83 Academic underachievement disorder of childhood or adolescence
313.89 Other emotional disturbances of childhood or adolescence
313.9 Unspecified emotional disturbance of childhood or adolescence


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014