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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 300.2
Phobic disorders
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 5 ICD-9-CM codes below 300.2 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. You may be able to ski the world's tallest mountains but be unable to go above the 5th floor of an office building. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places. If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia. Other common phobias involve tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, animals and blood. People with phobias try to avoid what they are afraid of. If they cannot, they may experience
    • panic and fear
    • rapid heartbeat
    • shortness of breath
    • trembling
    • a strong desire to get away
    treatment helps most people with phobias. Options include medicines, therapy or both
  • An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation. The individual seeks to avoid the object, activity, or situation. In adults, the individual recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable
  • An extreme, irrational, fear of something that may cause a person to panic. Examples of common phobias include fear of spiders, flying in an airplane, elevators, heights, enclosed rooms, crowded public places, and embarrassing oneself in front of other people
  • Anxiety disorder characterized by intense, unrealistic, persistent fear and avoidance of an object, activity, or situation
  • Anxiety disorders in which the essential feature is persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that the individual feels compelled to avoid. The individual recognizes the fear as excessive or unreasonable
  • Continuous irrational fear about certain object, situation, or activity
  • Disorders characterized by persistent, unrealistic, intense fear of an object, activity, or situation
300.2 Excludes
  • anxiety state not associated with a specific situation or object (300.00-300.09)
  • obsessional phobias (300.3)
 300.19 ICD9Data.com 300.20 
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