F98.1Nonorganic encopresis
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 đại tiện không thực tổn
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Repeated, voluntary or involuntary passage of faeces, usually of normal or near-normal consistency, in places not appropriate for that purpose in the individual's own sociocultural setting. The condition may represent an abnormal continuation of normal infantile incontinence, it may involve a loss of continence following the acquisition of bowel control, or it may involve the deliberate deposition of faeces in inappropriate places in spite of normal physiological bowel control. The condition may occur as a monosymptomatic disorder, or it may form part of a wider disorder, especially an emotional disorder (F93.-) or a conduct disorder (F91.-). Functional encopresis Incontinence of faeces of nonorganic origin
Related F98 codes
F98
Other behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
F98.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Nonorganic enuresis
F98.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood
F98.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Pica of infancy and childhood
F98.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Stereotyped movement disorders
F98.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Stuttering [stammering]
F98.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Cluttering
F98.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
F98.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Unspecified behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
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.
