F33.9
F33.9: Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F33.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F33.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Monopolar depression NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with F33.9
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
F33.9 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 10 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
- A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Depression›monopolar
- Melancholia›recurrent
- Disorder›depressive›recurrent
- Episode›depressive›recurrent
- Involution, involutional›depression›recurrent episode
- Disorder›depressive›major›recurrent
- Menopause, menopausal›depression›agitated›recurrent episode
- Menopause, menopausal›depression›psychotic›recurrent episode
- Reaction›depressive›affective›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
- F33.8Other recurrent depressive disorders