F94.2 — Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood
Is F94.2 billable?
Yes — F94.2 is billable for FY2027. F94.2 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. F94.2 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
F94.2 at a glance
| Code | F94.2 |
|---|---|
| Description | Disinhibited attachment disorder of childhood |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does F94.2 group to?
F94.2 sits in MDC 19 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 886Behavioral and Developmental Disordersmedical
How is F94.2 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to F94.2. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Institutional syndrome (childhood)
- Disorder › disinhibited attachment (of)
- Institutionalization, affecting child › disinhibited attachment
- Psychopathy, psychopathic › affectionless
- Syndrome › institutional
- Disorder › attachment › disinhibited (of)
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with F94.2 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- reactive attachment disorder of childhood (F94.1)
Excludes2 — not included here
The conditions below are not part of F94.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F94.2 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to F94.2.
- Affectionless psychopathy
- Institutional syndrome
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 5
The conditions below are not part of F94.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, F94.2 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
How long has F94.2 existed?
F94.2 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with F94.2?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with F94.2 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.