2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.298Other specified phobia
ICD-10-CM Codes›F01–F99›F40-F48›F40
- Billable — Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition
F40.298 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified phobia. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026). In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Anxiety and fear-related disorders.
Code Identity
Code Classification
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Algophobia
- Anxiety about blushing
- Bromidrosiphobia
- Cutaneous hypochondriasis
- Erotic interest - finding
- Erotophobia
- Erythrophobia
- Examination fear
- Fear associated with illness and body function
- Fear of abuse
- Fear of activities in public
- Fear of being left alone
- Fear of being left alone during period of dependence
- Fear of body smell
- Fear of cancer of endocrine system
- Fear of cancer of neurological system
- Fear of cancer of respiratory system
- Fear of cancer of urinary system
- Fear of cardiovascular disease
- Fear of choking
- Fear of complications of pregnancy
- Fear of contracting disease
- Fear of contracting disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- Fear of contracting HIV infection
- Fear of contracting radiation sickness
- Fear of contracting sexually transmitted disease
- Fear of deafness
- Fear of death
- Fear of disconnection from ventilator
- Fear of drinking liquids due to dysphagia
- Fear of ear disease
- Fear of eating in public
- Fear of endocrine disease
- Fear of feathers
- Fear of getting cancer
- Fear of ghosts
- Fear of going crazy
- Fear of going out
- Fear of having a heart attack
- Fear of having cancer of digestive system
- Fear of having digestive disease
- Fear of having malignant neoplasm of lymphatic system
- Fear of heart attack
- Fear of heart disease
- Fear of hematological cancer
- Fear of hematological disease
- Fear of hypertension
- Fear of infection
- Fear of losing control of bowels
- Fear of losing control of bowels in public
- Fear of mental disorder
- Fear of metabolic disease
- Fear of musculoskeletal cancer
- Fear of musculoskeletal disease
- Fear of needles
- Fear of neurological disease
- Fear of nutritional disease
- Fear of pregnancy
- Fear of reaction regarding family planning choices
- Fear of respiratory disease
- Fear of surgical masks
- Fear of swallowing
- Fear of sweating
- Fear of the bogey man
- Fear of urinary disease
- Fear of wetting self
- Fear of wetting self in public
- Fear relating to body function
- Heightened global phobia
- Hypochondriasis
- Microphobia
- Mysophobia
- Noise phobia
- Performance anxiety
- Phobia of choking
- Phobic fear of skin cancer
- Phonophobia
- Ponophobia
- Primary tocophobia
- Pyrophobia
- Secondary tocophobia
- Simple phobia
- Syphilophobia
- Taphophobia
- Teratophobia
- Theophobia
- Tocophobia
- Toxicophobia
- Trichophobia
- Venereophobia
- Xenophobia
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.
- Acerophobia - F40.298
- Acousticophobia - F40.298
- Aichomophobia - F40.298
- Albuminurophobia - F40.298
- Algophobia - F40.298
- Bromidrosiphobia - F40.298
- Coprophobia - F40.298
- Erythrophobia - F40.298
- Gamophobia - F40.298
- Phobia, phobic - F40.9
- examination - F40.298
- simple - F40.298
- specific (isolated) - F40.298
- specified focus NEC - F40.298
External Cause of Injuries IndexGuidance
References for this code in the External Cause of Injuries Index.
- Acerophobia
- Acousticophobia
- Aichomophobia
- Albuminurophobia
- Algophobia
- Bromidrosiphobia
- Coprophobia
- Erythrophobia
- Gamophobia
- Phobia, phobic
- examination
- Phobia, phobic
- simple
- Phobia, phobic
- specific (isolated)
- Phobia, phobic
- specific (isolated)
- specified focus NEC
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Clinical InformationClinical
Hypochondriasis
preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person's misinterpretation of bodily symptoms. (apa, dsm-iv)Performance Anxiety
anxiety related to the execution of a task. (campbell's psychiatric dictionary, 9th ed.)Xenophobia
intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly of people who are strangers or foreigners. it is an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.Phonophobia
a fear of sounds, which can include fear of voices, including one's own voice, in addition to other sounds.
Patient EducationClinical
Phobias
A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger.
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Convert F40.298 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
Code HistoryHistory
Questions About F40.298Overview
Is F40.298 (Other specified phobia) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report other specified phobia on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
What is the ICD-9 equivalent of F40.298?
Under the General Equivalence Mappings, other specified phobia converts to ICD-9-CM 300.29 (isolated/spec phobia NEC). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.
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.
