F94.2 Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Affectionless psychopathy
• Institutional syndrome

Excludes1 (never code together)

• reactive attachment disorder of childhood (F94.1)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• Asperger's syndrome (F84.5)
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (F90.-)
• hospitalism in children (F43.2-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 313.89 Other emotional disturbances of childhood or adolescence (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to F94.2

Back-references to F94.2

• Type 1 Excludes: F94.1 Reactive attachment disorder of childhood ("disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood (F94.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for F94.2

• Disorder (of) › attachment (childhood) › disinhibited
• Disorder (of) › disinhibited attachment (childhood)
• Institutional syndrome (childhood)
• Institutionalization, affecting child › disinhibited attachment
• Psychopathy, psychopathic › affectionless
• Syndrome › institutional (childhood)

Nearby codes

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