F32.8
F32.8 — Other depressive episodes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F32.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other depressive episodes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with F32.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F32.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F32.8 alone.
- N94.3Premenstrual tension syndrome
Risk adjustment
F32.8 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 F32.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F32. If F32.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- F32.9Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
- F32.ADepression, unspecified
Questions about F32.8
- Is F32.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F32.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F32.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).