F94.0 Selective mutism

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Elective mutism

Excludes2 (not included here)

• pervasive developmental disorders (F84.-)
• schizophrenia (F20.-)
• specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80.-)
• transient mutism as part of separation anxiety in young children (F93.0)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 886 in MDC 19.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 313.23 Selective mutism

Code annotations containing back-references to F94.0

Back-references to F94.0

• Type 2 Excludes: F80.1 Expressive language disorder ("selective mutism (F94.0)")
• Type 2 Excludes: F80.2 Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder ("selective mutism (F94.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for F94.0

• Disturbance (s) › emotions specific to childhood and adolescence › with › elective mutism
• Mutism › elective (adjustment reaction) (childhood)
• Mutism › selective (childhood)
• Reaction › adjustment (anxiety) (conduct disorder) (depressiveness) (distress) › with › mutism, elective (child) (adolescent)

Nearby codes

• F94 Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence
• F94.0 Selective mutism (this code)
• F94.1 Reactive attachment disorder of childhood
• F94.2 Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood
• F94.8 Other childhood disorders of social functioning
• F94.9 Childhood disorder of social functioning, unspecified