F34.1
F34.1: Dysthymic disorder
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F34.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dysthymic disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F34.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- anxiety depression (mild or not persistent) (F41.8)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Depressive neurosis
- Depressive personality disorder
- Dysthymia
- Neurotic depression
- Persistent anxiety depression
- Persistent depressive disorder
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F34.1 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
- A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
- A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dysthymia
- Depression›nervous
- Depression›neurotic
- Depression›psychoneurotic
- Disorder›dysthymic
- Neurosis, neurotic›depressive(reaction) (type)
- Personality›depressive
- Personality›hypothymic
- Reaction›neurotic-depressive
- Depression›anxiety›persistent
- Disorder›depressive›persistent
- Disorder›personality›depressive
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.