F33

Non-Billable

ChapterF01–F99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Major depressive disorder, recurrent

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99).

CH5 Parent Instructions

Includes

disorders of psychological development

Excludes2(Not included here)

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

Instructional Notes

Includes

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

Excludes1(Not coded here)

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

Clinical Hierarchy

CH5Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

F30-F39Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39)

F33Major depressive disorder, recurrent

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

F33.9Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to F33:

chapterCH5

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to F33. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Climacteric (female)2 unique routes

depression (single episode)

recurrent episode→F33

melancholia (single episode)

recurrent episode→F33

Disorder (of)13 unique routes

depressive(11 variants)

major(2 variants)

recurrent→F33(2 variants)

with psychotic features→F33

recurrent→F33(9 variants)

current episode(4 variants)

mild→F33

moderate→F33

severe (without psychotic symptoms)→F33(2 variants)

with psychotic symptoms→F33

in remission→F33(3 variants)

full→F33

partial→F33

specified NEC→F33

recurrent brief depressive→F33

seasonal affective, recurrent episodes→F33

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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