ICD-10-CM · Chapter 5 · F01–F99
F40.232
Fear of other medical care
Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
Quick facts
- Code
- F40.232
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 5 — Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Category
- F40 — Phobic anxiety disorders
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM F40.232 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of fear of other medical care. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in F40
- F40Phobic anxiety disorders
- F40.0Agoraphobia
- F40.00Agoraphobia, unspecified
- F40.01Agoraphobia with panic disorder
- F40.02Agoraphobia without panic disorder
- F40.1Social phobias
- F40.10Social phobia, unspecified
- F40.11Social phobia, generalized
- F40.2Specific (isolated) phobias
- F40.21Animal type phobia
- F40.210Arachnophobia
- F40.218Other animal type phobia
- F40.22Natural environment type phobia
- F40.220Fear of thunderstorms
- F40.228Other natural environment type phobia
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