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F40.10

F40.10: Social phobia, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F40.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for social phobia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

F40.10 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
  • A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
  • A57065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Anthropophobia
  • Xenophobia
  • Disorder›shyness, of childhood and adolescence
  • Disorder›withdrawing, child or adolescent
  • Neurosis, neurotic›social
  • Phobia, phobic›social
  • Disorder›avoidant›child or adolescent
  • Disorder›social›anxiety(of childhood)
  • Disturbance›emotions specific to childhood and adolescence›with›sensitivity(withdrawal)
  • Disturbance›emotions specific to childhood and adolescence›with›shyness
  • Disturbance›emotions specific to childhood and adolescence›with›social withdrawal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F40.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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