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Category · FY2027

F33 Major depressive disorder, recurrent

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F33 is not billable. The category heads 9 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Melancholiarecurrent → F33.9
  • Depression (acute) (mental)monopolar → F33.9
  • Disorder (of)recurrent brief depressive → F33.8

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 5 Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)
  2. F30-F39 Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39)
  3. F33 Major depressive disorder, recurrent
Billable codes
9
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
7 / 0
HCC V28 codes
3
New FY2027
0
Index entries
42

Codes in F33

  1. F33.0
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild
    BillableCC
  2. F33.1
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
    BillableCC155
  3. F33.2
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features
    BillableCC155
  4. F33.3
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms
    BillableCC152
    Inclusion terms 8

    Inclusion terms

    • Endogenous depression with psychotic symptoms
    • Major depressive disorder, recurrent, with psychotic features
    • Recurrent severe episodes of major depression with mood-congruent psychotic symptoms
    • Recurrent severe episodes of major depression with mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms
    • Recurrent severe episodes of major depression with psychotic symptoms
    • Recurrent severe episodes of psychogenic depressive psychosis
    • Recurrent severe episodes of psychotic depression
    • Recurrent severe episodes of reactive depressive psychosis
  5. F33.4
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission
    Header
  6. F33.40
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission, unspecified
    BillableCC
  7. F33.41
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in partial remission
    Billable
  8. F33.42
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in full remission
    Billable
  9. F33.8
    Other recurrent depressive disorders
    BillableCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Recurrent brief depressive episodes
  10. F33.9
    Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified
    BillableCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Monopolar depression NOS

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At F33

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

Excludes1

  • bipolar disorder (F31.-) F31
  • manic episode (F30.-) F30

Notes that also apply

Chapter 5 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 5 page.

Index entries

  • Disorder (of)seasonal affective, recurrent episodes → F33.-
  • Depression (acute) (mental)endogenous (without psychotic symptoms) → F33.2
  • Depression (acute) (mental)vital (recurrent) (without psychotic symptoms) → F33.2
  • Disorder (of)recurrent brief depressive → F33.8
  • Depression (acute) (mental)monopolar → F33.9
  • Melancholiarecurrent → F33.9
  • Depression (acute) (mental)endogenous (without psychotic symptoms)with psychotic symptoms → F33.3
  • Depression (acute) (mental)psychotic (single episode)recurrent → F33.3
  • Depression (acute) (mental)vital (recurrent) (without psychotic symptoms)with psychotic symptoms → F33.3
  • Climacteric (female)depression (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Climacteric (female)melancholia (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Depression (acute) (mental)atypical (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Depression (acute) (mental)climacteric (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Depression (acute) (mental)involutional (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Depression (acute) (mental)menopausal (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Involution, involutionalmelancholia (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Melancholiaclimacteric (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Melancholiaintermittent (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Melancholiainvolutional (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Melancholiamenopausal (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Melancholiastuporous (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Menopause, menopausal (asymptomatic) (state)depression (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Menopause, menopausal (asymptomatic) (state)melancholia (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Stupor (catatonic)depressive (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.8
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrent → F33.9
  • Episodedepressiverecurrent → F33.9
  • Involution, involutionaldepression (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.9
  • Psychosis, psychoticreactive (brief) (transient) (emotional stress) (psychological trauma)depressiverecurrent → F33.3
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentin remission → F33.40
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentspecified NEC → F33.8
  • Episodedepressiverecurrentbrief → F33.8
  • Disorder (of)depressivemajorrecurrent → F33.9
  • Menopause, menopausal (asymptomatic) (state)depression (single episode)agitated (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.9
  • Menopause, menopausal (asymptomatic) (state)depression (single episode)psychotic (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.9
  • Reactiondepressive (single episode)affective (single episode)recurrent episode → F33.9
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentcurrent episodemild → F33.0
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentcurrent episodemoderate → F33.1
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentcurrent episodesevere (without psychotic symptoms) → F33.2
  • Disorder (of)depressivemajorrecurrentwith psychotic features → F33.3
  • Disorder (of)depressiverecurrentin remissionpartial → F33.41

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