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F32.3

F32.3Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F32.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Single episode of major depression with mood-congruent psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of major depression with mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of major depression with psychotic symptoms
  • Single episode of psychogenic depressive psychosis
  • Single episode of psychotic depression
  • Single episode of reactive depressive psychosis

Other codes that can never be billed with F32.3

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F32.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F32.3 alone.

  • R44Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions
  • F25Schizoaffective disorders
  • F20Schizophrenia
  • F22Delusional disorders
  • F53Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

F32.3 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:

  • HCC 152 Psychosis, Except Schizophrenia0.484 RAF
  • HCC 152 Psychosis, Except Schizophrenia0.484 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

F32.3 is named in 37 Medicare coverage policies 36 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 F32.3 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 F32.3.

  • Depressionpsychotic(single episode)
  • Melancholiareactive(emotional stress or trauma)
  • Depressionmajorwith psychotic symptoms
  • Depressionreactivepsychotic(single episode)
  • Psychosis, psychoticpsychogenicdepressive
  • Psychosis, psychoticreactivedepressive
  • Reactiondepressivepsychotic
  • Disorderdepressivemajorwith psychotic symptoms
  • Episodedepressivemajorseverewith psychotic symptoms
  • Disorderdepressivemajorsingle episodeseverewith psychotic symptoms

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F32. If F32.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F32.3

Is F32.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. F32.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does F32.3 sit in the tabular list?
Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.