F40.8
F40.8: Other phobic anxiety disorders
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F40.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other phobic anxiety disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F40.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Phobic anxiety disorder of childhood
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F40.8 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
- Disorder›phobic anxiety, childhood
- Phobia, phobic›specified NEC
- Disorder›anxiety›phobic›of childhood
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.