2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Mental Disorders 290-319 > Neurotic Disorders, Personality Disorders, And Other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders 300-316 > Anxiety, Dissociative And Somatoform Disorders 300.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 300.2 Phobic disorders  On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date. The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 300.2 can be accessed here. 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. 300.2 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 300.* hierarchy ICD9Data's sister site ProcedureCodes.com launches with the 2008/09 CPT® codes - read more on the ICD9Data.com blog. 300.2 excludes: anxiety state not associated with a specific situation or object (300.00-300.09) obsessional phobias (300.3)