Diagnosis Code

F40.248 OTHER SITUATIONAL TYPE PHOBIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F40.248

Short Description: Other situational type phobia

Long Description: Other situational type phobia

The code F40.248 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
      • Phobic anxiety disorders (F40)
        • F40.248 Other situational type phobia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Examination phobia
  • Fear of activities in public
  • Fear of collapsing
  • Fear of crossing streets
  • Fear of crowds
  • Fear of empty streets
  • Fear of fainting
  • Fear of falling
  • Fear of falling while mobilizing
  • Fear of going out
  • Fear of going out
  • Fear of having a fit
  • Fear of lifts
  • Fear of losing control of bowels
  • Fear of losing emotional control
  • Fear of mobilizing
  • Fear of natural phenomena
  • Fear of public speaking
  • Fear of school
  • Fear of shaking
  • Fear of the dark
  • Fear of transport
  • Fear of traveling in vehicles
  • Fear of using public toilets
  • Fear of vomiting in public
  • Fear of walking
  • Fear of wetting self
  • Nyctophobia
  • Performance anxiety
  • School phobia
  • Stage fright

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F40.248 Right Arrow 300.29 Isolated/spec phobia NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
F40 Phobic anxiety disorders
F40.0 Agoraphobia
F40.00 Agoraphobia, unspecified
F40.01 Agoraphobia with panic disorder
F40.02 Agoraphobia without panic disorder
F40.1 Social phobias
F40.10 Social phobia, unspecified
F40.11 Social phobia, generalized
F40.2 Specific (isolated) phobias
F40.21 Animal type phobia
F40.210 Arachnophobia
F40.218 Other animal type phobia
F40.22 Natural environment type phobia
F40.220 Fear of thunderstorms
F40.228 Other natural environment type phobia
F40.23 Blood, injection, injury type phobia
F40.230 Fear of blood
F40.231 Fear of injections and transfusions
F40.232 Fear of other medical care
F40.233 Fear of injury
F40.24 Situational type phobia
F40.240 Claustrophobia
F40.241 Acrophobia
F40.242 Fear of bridges
F40.243 Fear of flying
F40.29 Other specified phobia
F40.290 Androphobia
F40.291 Gynephobia
F40.298 Other specified phobia
F40.8 Other phobic anxiety disorders
F40.9 Phobic anxiety disorder, unspecified


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