F32.A
F32.A: Depression, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F32.A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for depression, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F32.A with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Depression NOS
- Depressive disorder NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F32.A
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F32.A
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with F32.A
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.A is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 6 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
- A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A56865Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
- A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Depression(acute) (mental)
- Despondency
- Melancholia
- Disorder›depressive
- Episode›depressive
- State›depressive
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
- F32.9Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified