ICD-10-CM Code F40.2
Specific (isolated) phobias
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code F40.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of F40.2 that describes the diagnosis 'specific (isolated) phobias' in more detail.
- F40.2 Specific (isolated) phobias NON-BILLABLE
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- F40.210 Arachnophobia BILLABLE
- F40.218 Other animal type phobia BILLABLE
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- F40.220 Fear of thunderstorms BILLABLE
- F40.228 Other natural environment type phobia BILLABLE
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- F40.230 Fear of blood BILLABLE
- F40.231 Fear of injections and transfusions BILLABLE
- F40.232 Fear of other medical care BILLABLE
- F40.233 Fear of injury BILLABLE
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- F40.240 Claustrophobia BILLABLE
- F40.241 Acrophobia BILLABLE
- F40.242 Fear of bridges BILLABLE
- F40.243 Fear of flying BILLABLE
- F40.248 Other situational type phobia BILLABLE
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- F40.290 Androphobia BILLABLE
- F40.291 Gynephobia BILLABLE
- F40.298 Other specified phobia BILLABLE
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The ICD code F402 is used to code Acrophobia
Acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.
| Specialty: | Psychiatry |
| ICD 9 Code: | 300.29 |
A view from a glass floor may generate acrophobia.
Coding Notes for F40.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Dysmorphophobia (nondelusional) - instead, use code F45.22
- Nosophobia - instead, use code F45.22
Parent Code: F40 - Phobic anxiety disorders