Other anxiety disorders (F41)
The ICD-10 code section F41 covers various other anxiety disorders beyond specific phobias and PTSD. These codes are used to identify and classify conditions like panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety disorders, and unspecified or other specified anxiety disorders.
This section includes F41.0 for panic disorder, which is often referred to as panic attacks or episodic paroxysmal anxiety and involves sudden severe anxiety episodes. F41.1 codes generalized anxiety disorder, a condition characterized by persistent and excessive worry often called anxiety state or apprehension. F41.3 represents other mixed anxiety disorders, where symptoms overlap multiple anxiety types. The category F41.8 is used for other specified anxiety disorders, which can cover anticipatory anxiety, anxiety co-occurring with major depressive episodes, or various situational anxieties such as fear of losing control or health-related worries. Finally, F41.9 refers to unspecified anxiety disorders, including chronic or recurrent anxiety and anxiety related to pregnancy or postpartum. Healthcare providers and coders rely on these detailed codes to accurately document and treat diverse anxiety presentations using the ICD-10 code for anxiety disorders F41.
Instructional Notations
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
Clinical Terms
The following clinical terms provide additional context, helping users better understand the clinical background and common associations for each diagnosis listed in this section. Including related terms alongside ICD-10-CM codes supports coders, billers, and healthcare professionals in improving accuracy, enhancing documentation, and facilitating research or patient education.
Anxiety
Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.
Anxiety Disorders
Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.
Anxiety, Castration
Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.
Anxiety, Separation
Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to the individual.
Climate Anxiety
Persistent and difficult to control psychological distress over CLIMATE CHANGE.
Climate Change
Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.
Dental Anxiety
Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Uncontrolled anxiety or excessive worry that exceeds the realistic scope of life situations and endures for at least a month or longer.
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.
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.
Patient Health Questionnaire
A self-administered version of the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD), a diagnostic tool containing modules on multiple mental health disorders including anxiety, alcohol, eating, and somatoform modules. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is designed specifically for mood/depression scoring each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria based on the mood module from the original PRIME-MD. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) scores 7 common anxiety symptoms.
Performance Anxiety
Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)
Phobia, Social
Anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent and irrational fear, anxiety, or avoidance of social or performance situations.
Test Anxiety
Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.
