F32.9
F32.9: Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F32.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F32.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Major depression NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F32.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F32.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with F32.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F32.9 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 12 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
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Depression›major
- Depression›psychogenic(reactive) (single episode)
- Depression›reactive(psychogenic) (single episode)
- Reaction›depressive(single episode)
- Disorder›depressive›major
- Disorder›psychogenic NOS›depressive
- Episode›depressive›major
- Disorder›depressive›major›single episode
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under F32
- 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.ADepression, unspecified