1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. F01-F99 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
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3. F40-F48 Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders
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4. F40- Phobic anxiety disorders
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5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.298

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.298

Other specified phobia

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

• F40.298 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F40.298 became effective on October 1, 2022.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F40.298 - other international versions of ICD-10 F40.298 may differ.

• Fear of choking
• Phobia of choking
• Phobia, simple
• Phobia, specific
• Simple phobia
• Specific phobia
• Specific phobia, choking

• 882 Neuroses except depressive

Convert F40.298 to ICD-9-CM

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
• 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

• 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
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F40.9

  Phobic anxiety disorder, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Phobia NOS
  • Phobic state NOS
  • specific (isolated) F40.298
    • specified focus NEC F40.298
  • examination F40.298
  • simple F40.298

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.