F32 — Depressive episode
F32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for depressive episode. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- adjustment disorder (F43.2)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- 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
Other codes that can never be billed with F32
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F32. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F32 alone.
Risk adjustment
F32 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F32
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- F32.0Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild
- F32.1Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate
- F32.2Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe without psychotic features
- F32.3Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features
- F32.4Major depressive disorder, single episode, in partial remission
- F32.5Major depressive disorder, single episode, in full remission
- F32.8Other depressive episodes
- F32.9Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
- F32.ADepression, unspecified
Questions about F32
- Is F32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F32 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F32 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).
- What cannot be coded together with F32?
- F32 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.