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.
The condition this code belongs to
Every code for the condition on one page, which one applies when, and the mistake coders make with it.
Code history
F32 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
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 Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.