F33.8
F33.8: Other recurrent depressive disorders
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F33.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other recurrent depressive disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F33.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Recurrent brief depressive episodes
Other codes that can never be billed with F33.8
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
F33.8 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 8 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
- Disorder›recurrent brief depressive
- Climacteric›depression›recurrent episode
- Climacteric›melancholia›recurrent episode
- Depression›atypical›recurrent episode
- Depression›climacteric›recurrent episode
- Depression›involutional›recurrent episode
- Depression›menopausal›recurrent episode
- Involution, involutional›melancholia›recurrent episode
- Melancholia›climacteric›recurrent episode
- Melancholia›intermittent›recurrent episode
- Melancholia›involutional›recurrent episode
- Melancholia›menopausal›recurrent episode
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under F33
- F33.0Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild
- F33.1Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
- F33.2Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features
- F33.3Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms
- F33.4Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission
- F33.9Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified