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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.0

Agoraphobia

ICD-10-CM Code:
F40.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Agoraphobia
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

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

F40.0 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of agoraphobia. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Agoraphobia

Non-specific codes like F40.0 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for agoraphobia:

  • Use F40.00 for Agoraphobia, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F40.01 for Agoraphobia with panic disorder - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use F40.02 for Agoraphobia without panic disorder - BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information

  • Agoraphobia

    obsessive, persistent, intense fear of places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing.

  • Agoraphobia

    an anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of venturing out into open places or situations in which help (or escape) might not be available should excessive anxiety or panic symptoms develop.

  • Agoraphobia without a History of Panic Disorder

    an anxiety disorder characterized by agoraphobia in the absence of a history of panic attacks; the individual fears incapacitation or humiliation in open, public places or situations due to panic-like symptoms rather than a full-blown panic attack.

  • Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia

    a disorder in which an individual experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and persistent concern about having additional panic attacks. agoraphobia is a component of this disorder.

  • Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia

    a disorder in which an individual experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and persistent concern about having additional panic attacks. agoraphobia is not a component of this disorder.

Patient Education


Phobias

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger.

There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places. If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia. Other common phobias involve tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, animals and blood.

People with phobias try to avoid what they are afraid of. If they cannot, they may experience:

  • Panic and fear
  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Shortness of breath
  • Trembling
  • A strong desire to get away

Phobias usually start in children or teens, and continue into adulthood. The causes of specific phobias are not known, but they sometimes run in families.

Treatment helps most people with phobias. Options include medicines, therapy or both.

NIH: National Institute of Mental Health


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.