F33
Header — not billableMajor depressive disorder, recurrent
The ICD-10 code for major depressive disorder, recurrent is F33.
F33 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- recurrent episodes of depressive reaction
- recurrent episodes of endogenous depression
- recurrent episodes of major depression
- recurrent episodes of psychogenic depression
- recurrent episodes of reactive depression
- recurrent episodes of seasonal affective disorder
- recurrent episodes of seasonal depressive disorder
- recurrent episodes of vital depression
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child 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 remissionnon-billable header
- F33.8Other recurrent depressive disorders
- F33.9Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- F30Manic episodenon-billable header
- F31Bipolar disordernon-billable header
- F32Depressive episodenon-billable header
- F34Persistent mood [affective] disordersnon-billable header
- F39Unspecified mood [affective] disorder
- F33Major depressive disorder, recurrentnon-billable header