F93.1Phobic anxiety disorder of childhood
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Chapter V
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Group F90-F98
- Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
- Official Vietnamese name
- Rối loạn ám ảnh sợ ở trẻ em
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Fears in childhood that show a marked developmental phase specificity and arise (to some extent) in a majority of children, but that are abnormal in degree. Other fears that arise in childhood but that are not a normal part of psychosocial development (for example agoraphobia) should be coded under the appropriate category in section F40-F48. Excl.: generalized anxiety disorder (F41.1)
Related F93 codes
F93
Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhood
F93.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Separation anxiety disorder of childhood
F93.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Social anxiety disorder of childhood
F93.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Sibling rivalry disorder
F93.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other childhood emotional disorders
F93.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Childhood emotional disorder, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
