F40.0
F40.0 — Agoraphobia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F40.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for agoraphobia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with F40.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F40.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F40.0 alone.
- F41.0Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety]
Risk adjustment
F40.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F40.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F40. If F40.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about F40.0
- Is F40.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F40.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F40.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48).