F40.298

F40.298: Other specified phobia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F40.298 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified phobia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F40.298

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on F40.2: Specific (isolated) phobias

dysmorphophobia (nondelusional) (F45.22)
nosophobia (F45.22)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F40.298 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 9 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

Acerophobia
Acousticophobia
Aichomophobia
Albuminurophobia
Algophobia
Bromidrosiphobia
Coprophobia
Erythrophobia
Gamophobia
Phobia, phobic›examination
Phobia, phobic›simple
Phobia, phobic›specific(isolated)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.