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F32

Depressive episode

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • F32.0 Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild
  • F32.1 Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate
  • F32.2 Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe without psychotic features
  • F32.3 Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features
  • F32.4 Major depressive disorder, single episode, in partial remission
  • F32.5 Major depressive disorder, single episode, in full remission
  • F32.8 Other depressive episodes (also a header)
  • F32.9 Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
  • F32.A Depression, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Major depressive disorder, single episode
  2. FY2022 Description revised Major depressive disorder, single episode Depressive episode

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bipolar disorder (F31.-)
  • manic episode (F30.-)
  • recurrent depressive disorder (F33.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • adjustment disorder (F43.2)

Includes

  • single episode of agitated depression
  • single episode of depressive reaction
  • single episode of major depression
  • single episode of psychogenic depression
  • single episode of reactive depression
  • single episode of vital depression