F33.2

F33.2: Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F33.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F33.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F33: Major depressive disorder, recurrent

bipolar disorder (F31.-)
manic episode (F30.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F33.2

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

F30Manic episode
F31Bipolar disorder
F32Depressive episode
R40.1Stupor

Risk adjustment

F33.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:

HCC 155 Major Depression, Moderate or Severe, without Psychosis0.299 RAF
HCC 155 Major Depression, Moderate or Severe, without Psychosis0.299 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

F33.2 is named in 34 Medicare coverage policies: 33 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›endogenous(without psychotic symptoms)
Depression›vital(recurrent) (without psychotic symptoms)
Disorder›depressive›recurrent›current episode›severe(without psychotic symptoms)