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# F41.8 Other specified anxiety disorders

ICD-10-CM · [CMS code reference](#source)

F41.8 is for an anxiety disorder the provider names specifically that has no code of its own, such as anxiety hysteria or mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. If no type is named, use F41.9.

## What to know

-   The listed terms for this code are anxiety depression (mild or not persistent), anxiety hysteria, and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder goes here, not to F41.3.

## Coding notes

From the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) tabular list. Notes on a parent code or category apply here too.

### Also covers

-   Anxiety depression (mild or not persistent)
-   Anxiety hysteria
-   Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder

### Excludes2

Not part of this code, but both can be coded when both are documented.

-   anxiety in:
-   acute stress reaction ([F43.0](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/f43.0/))
-   transient adjustment reaction (F43.2)
-   neurasthenia (F48.8)
-   psychophysiologic disorders (F45.-)
-   separation anxiety (F93.0)

## Related codes

-   [`F41.0` Panic disorder \[episodic paroxysmal anxiety\] ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/f41.0/)
-   [`F41.1` Generalized anxiety disorder ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/f41.1/)
-   [`F41.3` Other mixed anxiety disorders ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/f41.3/)
-   [`F41.9` Anxiety disorder, unspecified ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/f41.9/)

## Common questions

### What's the difference between F41.8 and F41.3?

F41.8 covers specified anxiety disorders, and its listed terms include mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. F41.3 is for other mixed anxiety disorders. When anxiety and depression are documented together as a mixed disorder, the listed term points to F41.8.

### Is F41.8 a billable code?

Yes. F41.8 is a billable ICD-10-CM code in the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) code set.

## From the source

Official description from [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/icd-10-codes).
ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026).

Code set

ICD-10-CM

Category

F41 Other anxiety disorders

Chapter

Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders

Billable

Yes

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