Is F33.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. F33.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does F33.8 sit in the tabular list?

Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).

F33.8

F33.8 — Other recurrent depressive disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F33.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other recurrent depressive disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Recurrent brief depressive episodes

Risk adjustment

F33.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

F33.8 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies — 8 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
A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
A56756Billing and Coding: Home Health - Psychiatric Care
A56818Billing and Coding: Urine Drug Testing

How F33.8 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 F33.8.

Disorder›recurrent brief depressive
Climacteric›depression›recurrent episode
Climacteric›melancholia›recurrent episode
Depression›atypical›recurrent episode
Depression›climacteric›recurrent episode
Depression›involutional›recurrent episode
Depression›menopausal›recurrent episode
Involution, involutional›melancholia›recurrent episode
Melancholia›climacteric›recurrent episode
Melancholia›intermittent›recurrent episode
Melancholia›involutional›recurrent episode
Melancholia›menopausal›recurrent episode

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F33. If F33.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F33.8

Is F33.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. F33.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does F33.8 sit in the tabular list?: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39).