quarter with the predominantly inattentive presentation. Conduct disorder co-occurs in
about a quarter of children or adolescents with the combined presentation, depending on
age and setting. Most children and adolescent s with disruptive mood dysregulation dis-
order have symptoms that also meet criteria  for ADHD; a lesser percentage of children
with ADHD have symptoms that meet criter ia for disruptive mood dysregulation disor-
der. Specific learning disorder commonly co-occurs with ADHD. Anxiety disorders and
major depressive disorder occur in a minority  of individuals with ADHD but more often
than in the general population. Intermittent explosive disorder occu rs in a minority of
adults with ADHD, but at rates above population levels. Although substance use disor-
ders are relatively more frequent among adul ts with ADHD in the general population, the
disorders are present in only a minority of adults with AD HD. In adults, antisocial and
other personality disorders may co-occur with ADHD. Other disorders that may co-occur
with ADHD include obsessive-compulsive diso rder, tic disorders, and autism spectrum
disorder.
Other Specified Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder
314.01 (F90.8)
This category applies to presentations in wh ich symptoms characteristic of attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder that cause clinic ally significant distress or impairment in so-
cial, occupational or other important areas of  functioning predominate but do not meet the
full criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or any of the disorders in the neuro-
developmental disorders diagnostic class. The other specified attention-deficit/hyperactiv-
ity disorder category is used in situations in which the clinician chooses to communicate