2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.248
Other situational type phobia
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- F40.248
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other situational type phobia
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Chronic
- Code Navigator:
F40.248 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other situational type phobia. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- 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
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Anxiety and fear-related disorders
- CCSR Category Code: MBD005
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Clinical Information
Performance Anxiety
anxiety related to the execution of a task. (campbell's psychiatric dictionary, 9th ed.)School Phobia
an overwhelming, irrational, and persistent fear of attending school.Examination Phobia
an overwhelming, irrational, and persistent fear of taking and failing tests.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Amaxophobia - F40.248
- - Bathophobia - F40.248
- - Demophobia - F40.248
- - Phobia, phobic - F40.9
- - specific (isolated) - F40.298
- - situational - F40.248
- - specific (isolated) - F40.298
Convert F40.248 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 300.29 - Isolated/spec phobia NEC
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
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
[Learn More in MedlinePlus]
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.
Footnotes
[1] Chronic - a chronic condition code indicates a condition lasting 12 months or longer and its effect on the patient based on one or both of the following criteria:
- The condition results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products,treatment, services, and special equipment
- The condition places limitations on self-care, independent living, and social interactions.