F90-F98 ICD-10-CA block: Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

F90-F98 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 38 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.

Official description

F90-F98

Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)

ICD-10-CA · Canada

Codes in F90-F98

F90-F98 isn’t a code on its own. Open the group that matches what the note documents.

Notes for F90-F98

As CIHI prints them, with any note F90-F98 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

  • Disorders of psychological developmentFrom Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)

Where F90-F98 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
  2. 2Block F90-F98Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Source and release

Data release
ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
Effective date
Apr 1, 2026
Publisher
CIHI

This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

Frequently asked questions

Is F90-F98 a valid ICD-10-CA code?

No. F90-F98 (Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence) is a block heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 38 codes; record the one the documentation supports.

Where is F90-F98 in ICD-10-CA?

F90-F98 sits under Chapter 5: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99).

What coding notes apply to F90-F98?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes notes for F90-F98, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?

It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.