F40.248

Billable

Other situational type phobia

HCC Category Mapping

RxHCCHCC 133 — Personality Disorders, Anxiety, and Other Specified Mental Disorders

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What This Code Means

An intense, irrational fear related to specific situations not otherwise specified, such as fear of tunnels, storms, or other environmental triggers.

Coding Tips

•Use this code only when the specific situational phobia is not captured by F40.240-F40.243
•Document the specific situation that triggers the fear in the medical record

Clinical Significance

Other situational type phobia is a residual category for situational phobias that do not have their own specific ICD-10-CM code, such as fear of driving, fear of tunnels, or fear of public transportation. This code captures clinically significant situational fears not elsewhere classified. It does not carry risk adjustment value.

Documentation Requirements

✓Specific situational stimulus documented (driving, tunnels, public transit, etc.)
✓Marked fear or anxiety about the specific situation
✓Fear is disproportionate to actual danger
✓Consistent avoidance or endurance with intense distress
✓Duration of 6+ months
✓Functional impairment documented

Commonly Confused Codes

F40.240 (Claustrophobia) — Use the specific code for enclosed space phobia rather than F40.248 F40.241 (Acrophobia) — Use the specific code for height phobia rather than F40.248 F40.242 (Fear of bridges) — Use the specific code for bridge phobia rather than F40.248 F40.243 (Fear of flying) — Use the specific code for flying phobia rather than F40.248 F40.00 (Agoraphobia, unspecified) — Agoraphobia requires fear across multiple situation types; a single situational phobia is coded here

Code Hierarchy

└F40Phobic anxiety disorders └F40.2Specific (isolated) phobias └F40.24Situational type phobia └F40.248Other situational type phobia

└F40.248Other situational type phobia