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F94.0 - Selective mutism


The ICD 10 Code for Selective mutism is listed as F94.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: F94.0
Description: Selective mutism
  • Elective mutism
  • Excludes2: 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)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
886 - Behavioral & Developmental Disorders
Chapter Mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)
Block Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)
Parent F94 - Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 313.23 - Selective mutism
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of F94.0:
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