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F32.3

F32.3: Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F32.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Single episode of major depression with mood-congruent psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of major depression with mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of major depression with psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of psychogenic depressive psychosis
  • Single episode of psychotic depression
  • Single episode of reactive depressive psychosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F32.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F32: Depressive episode

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F32.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on F32: Depressive episode

  • adjustment disorder (F43.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with F32.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • F20Schizophrenia
  • F22Delusional disorders
  • F30Manic episode
  • F31Bipolar disorder
  • F53Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
  • R40.1Stupor
  • R44Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions
  • F25Schizoaffective disorders

Risk adjustment

F32.3 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:

  • HCC 152 Psychosis, Except Schizophrenia0.484 RAF
  • HCC 152 Psychosis, Except Schizophrenia0.484 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Medicare coverage

F32.3 is named in 26 Medicare coverage policies: 25 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
  • A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
  • A56685Billing and Coding: Partial Hospitalization Programs

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Depression›psychotic(single episode)
  • Melancholia›reactive(emotional stress or trauma)
  • Depression›major›with psychotic symptoms
  • Depression›reactive›psychotic(single episode)
  • Psychosis, psychotic›psychogenic›depressive
  • Psychosis, psychotic›reactive›depressive
  • Reaction›depressive›psychotic
  • Disorder›depressive›major›with psychotic symptoms
  • Episode›depressive›major›severe›with psychotic symptoms
  • Disorder›depressive›major›single episode›severe›with psychotic symptoms

The condition this code belongs to

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F32

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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