Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

F33 Major depressive disorder, recurrent

Not billable (header)Chapter 5

Report one of the more specific codes below.

Codes under this one

  • F33.0 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild
  • F33.1 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
  • F33.2 Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features
  • F33.3 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms
  • F33.4 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remissionHeader
  • F33.8 Other recurrent depressive disorders
  • F33.9 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified

Instructional notes

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

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
Includes
  • recurrent episodes of depressive reaction
  • recurrent episodes of endogenous depression
  • recurrent episodes of major depression
  • recurrent episodes of psychogenic depression
  • recurrent episodes of reactive depression
  • recurrent episodes of seasonal affective disorder
  • recurrent episodes of seasonal depressive disorder
  • recurrent episodes of vital depression

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders · F30-F39 Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39)

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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