F93Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhood
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- 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 cảm xúc có sự khởi phát đặc trưng ở trẻ em
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Mainly exaggerations of normal developmental trends rather than phenomena that are qualitatively abnormal in themselves. Developmental appropriateness is used as the key diagnostic feature in defining the difference between these emotional disorders, with onset specific to childhood, and the neurotic disorders (F40- F48). Excl.: when associated with conduct disorder (F92.-)
Related F93 codes
F93.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Separation anxiety disorder of childhood
F93.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Phobic 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.
