ICD-10-CM · Chapter 5 · F01–F99
F40.243
Fear of flying
Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
Quick facts
- Code
- F40.243
- 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 F40.243 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of fear of flying. 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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