F32.2 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe without psychotic features
F32.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, single episode, severe without psychotic features. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
F32.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:
- HCC 155 Major Depression, Moderate or Severe, without Psychosis0.299 RAF
- HCC 155 Major Depression, Moderate or Severe, without Psychosis0.299 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
F32.2 is named in 43 Medicare coverage policies — 42 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
- A56685Billing and Coding: Partial Hospitalization Programs
How F32.2 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to F32.2.
- Depression›agitated(single episode)
- Depression›severe, single episode
- Depression›vital›single episode
- Menopause, menopausal›depression›agitated(single episode)
- Episode›depressive›major›severe(without psychotic symptoms)
- Disorder›depressive›major›single episode›severe(without psychotic symptoms)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share F32. If F32.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- F32.0Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild
- F32.1Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate
- F32.3Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features
- F32.4Major depressive disorder, single episode, in partial remission
- F32.5Major depressive disorder, single episode, in full remission
- F32.8Other depressive episodes
- F32.9Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
- F32.ADepression, unspecified
Questions about F32.2
- Is F32.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. F32.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does F32.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).