Other anxiety disorders (F41)

Clinical Information for Other anxiety disorders (F41)

Anxiety Disorders - Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.

Phobia, Social - Anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent and irrational fear, anxiety, or avoidance of social or performance situations.

Panic Disorder - A type of anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected panic attacks that last minutes or, rarely, hours. Panic attacks begin with intense apprehension, fear or terror and, often, a feeling of impending doom. Symptoms experienced during a panic attack include dyspnea or sensations of being smothered; dizziness, loss of balance or faintness; choking sensations; palpitations or accelerated heart rate; shakiness; sweating; nausea or other form of abdominal distress; depersonalization or derealization; paresthesias; hot flashes or chills; chest discomfort or pain; fear of dying and fear of not being in control of oneself or going crazy. Agoraphobia may also develop. Similar to other anxiety disorders, it may be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.

Anxiety - Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.

Anxiety, Castration - Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.

Dental Anxiety - Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.

Manifest Anxiety Scale - True-false questionnaire made up of items believed to indicate anxiety, in which the subject answers verbally the statement that describes him.

Performance Anxiety - Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)

Test Anxiety - Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.

Anxiety Disorders - Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.

Anxiety - Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.

Instructional Notations

Type 2 Excludes Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.

  • anxiety in:
  • acute stress reaction F43.0
  • transient adjustment reaction F43.2
  • neurasthenia F48.8
  • psychophysiologic disorders F45
  • separation anxiety F93.0