Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

F40 › F40.2

F40.21 Animal type phobia

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Chapter 5

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Includes
  • disorders of psychological development

F40.2

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders · F40-F48 Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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