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Medical Coding Exam Prep

Category - ICD-10

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Miss Susan reports to the family physician with anxiety and restlessness whenever she gets inside a lift. She also mentions that she doesn't like to get confined to any small place and prefers stairs. Based on history, she is suffering from agoraphobia with panic disorder. What is the appropriate ICD-10 code for his condition?
  1. F40.01
  2. F40.21
  3. F40.22
  4. F40.23
Explanation
Answer: A 

F40.01 is the correct code for this patient because it codes for agoraphobia with the panic disorder which is the diagnosis in this patient. 

Option B is not correct because F40.21 is used to code for animal type phobia. 

Option C is not correct because F40.22 is used to code for natural environment type phobia. 

Option D is not correct because F40.23 is used to code for blood, injection, injury type phobia. 
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