ICD-10-CM Code F40.22
Natural environment type phobia
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 F40.22 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of F40.22 that describes the diagnosis 'natural environment type phobia' in more detail.
- F40.22 Natural environment type phobia NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE F40.220 Fear of thunderstorms
- BILLABLE F40.228 Other natural environment type phobia
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.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'F40.22 - Natural environment type phobia'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code F40.22. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: F40.2 - Specific (isolated) phobias