F40.298

Billable

Other specified phobia

Status

Billable / Specific

Chapter

5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Block

F40-F48

Parent Code

F40.29

Coding Notes

Includes

Conditions included under this code

disorders of psychological development

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Related Codes(2)

F40.290

Androphobia

Billable F40.291

Gynephobia

Billable

Related Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Also Known As / Clinical Terms(269)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Other specified phobiaC2874947

Clinical Terms

Fear of pregnancy
Hypochondriacal neurosis
Erythrophobia
Fear of needles
Phobia of choking
Fear of wetting self in public
Noise phobia
Specific phobia
Fear of being buried alive
Fear of urinary disease
Excessive fear of choking
Extreme fear of body odor
Fear of nutritional disease
Fear of birth of malformed fetus
Fear of endocrine disease
Fear of feathers
Taphophobia
Trichophobia
Fear of haematological cancer
Fear of musculoskeletal disease
Fear of infection
Fear of dying
Cutaneous hypochondriasis
Fear of poisoning
Isolated phobia
Fear of contracting HIV infection
Fear of sexual feelings and activity
Fear of surgical masks
Fear relating to body function
Fear of eating in public
Fear of sweating
Fear of musculoskeletal cancer
Fear of cancer of endocrine system
Fear of deafness
Fear of contracting sexually transmitted disease
Fear of cancer
Fear of complications of pregnancy
Fear of contracting disease
Fear of disconnection from ventilator
Performance anxiety
Extreme fear of body smells
Fear of masks
Fear of cardiovascular disease
Hypochondriasis
Anxiety about blushing
Fear of having cancer of digestive system
Fear of contracting venereal disease
Fear of pain
Primary tocophobia
Fear of God
Tocophobia
Fear of respiratory disease
Fear of haematological disease
Fear of going mad
Phobic fear of skin cancer
Extreme fear of body odour
Excessive fear of dirt or contamination
Fear of contracting COVID-19
Fear of reaction regarding family planning choices
Microphobia
Bromidrosiphobia
Pyrophobia
Fear of ear disease
Fear of hypertension
Fear of being left alone during period of dependence
Fear of death
Iophobia
Xenophobia
Erotic interest - finding
Fear of birth of malformed foetus
Heightened global fear
Fear of ghosts
Fear of going crazy
Fear of body smell
Erotophobia
Mysophobia
Fear of choking
Fear of mental disorder
Fear of fire
Phonophobia
Hypochondria
Examination fear
Theophobia
Fear of heart disease
Fear of strangers
Fear of contracting disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
Fear of drinking liquids due to dysphagia
Teratophobia
Toxicophobia
Fear of body odor
Fear of abuse
Ponophobia
Fear of going insane
Fear of cancer of neurological system
Fear of having malignant neoplasm of lymphatic system
Fear of body odour
Fear of neurological disease
Fear of contracting disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Fear of swallowing
Simple phobia
Fear of childbirth
Bromhidrosiphobia
Fear of the bogey man
Fear of losing control of bowels
Fear of hematological cancer
Fear of microorganisms
Fear of activities in public
Cancer phobia
Fear associated with health
Heightened global phobia
Fear of cancer of urinary system
Fear of injections
Fear of contracting radiation sickness
Syphilophobia
Fear of going out
Fear of having a heart attack
Fear of heart attack
Fear of contracting human immunodeficiency virus infection
Fear associated with illness and body function
Algophobia
Venereophobia
Secondary tocophobia
Fear of hematological disease
Fear of metabolic disease
Fear of losing control of bowels in public
Fear of having digestive disease
Finding of erotic interest
Fear of getting cancer
Fear of being left alone
Fear of blushing
Phobic state due to fear of skin cancer
Fear of cancer of respiratory system
Excessive fear of blushing
Fear of wetting self

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ICD-10 code for other specified phobia?

The ICD-10-CM code for other specified phobia is F40.298. The full clinical description is "Other specified phobia". F40.298 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code F40.298 mean?

ICD-10-CM code F40.298 represents “Other specified phobia”. It is classified under Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is F40.298 a billable code?

Yes, F40.298 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is F40.298 in?

F40.298 is in Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (codes F01-F99).

What SNOMED CT codes does F40.298 map to?

F40.298 maps to 91 SNOMED CT concepts: 75007009, 89225005, 24109003, 34563004, 231516000, and 86 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for F40.298?

F40.298 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2874947. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does F40.298 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other specified phobia affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of F40.298?

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for F40.298 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.

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