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ICD-10 diagnosis code

F98.2 Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood

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F98.2 is the ICD-10 code for Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood. It is a four-character subcategory of F98 (Other behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block F90–F98 (Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence) in Chapter V, Mental and behavioural disorders.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
V · F00–F99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

Definition

A feeding disorder of varying manifestations usually specific to infancy and early childhood. It generally involves food refusal and extreme faddiness in the presence of an adequate food supply, a reasonably competent caregiver, and the absence of organic disease. There may or may not be associated rumination (repeated regurgitation without nausea or gastrointestinal illness).

What F98.2 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Rumination disorder of infancy

What F98.2 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders F50.-
  • feeding:
    • difficulties and mismanagement R63.3
    • problems of newborn P92.-
  • pica of infancy or childhood F98.3

F98.2 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

F98.2Matvägran hos spädbarn och barn

NorwayICD-10-NO

F98.2Spiseforstyrrelse i barndommen

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DF982Spiseforstyrrelse i barndommen

FinlandICD-10-FI

F98.2Lapsen tai imeväisen syömishäiriö

GermanyICD-10-GM

F98.2Fütterstörung im frühen Kindesalter

FranceICD-10-FR

F98.2Trouble de l'alimentation du nourrisson et de l'enfant

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

F98.2eetstoornis bij (jonge) kinderen

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • F98.21Rumination disorder of infancy and childhood
  • F98.29Other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhood

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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