F33.8

Other recurrent depressive disorders

Billable / specific

F33.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Recurrent brief depressive episodes

Includes (from F33)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • 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 — never report together with this code.

  • bipolar disorder (F31.-) (from F33)
  • manic episode (F30.-) (from F33)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F33)

Also known as

  • Recurrent brief depressive episodes
  • Climacteric, depression, recurrent episode
  • Climacteric, melancholia, recurrent episode
  • Depression, atypical, recurrent episode
  • Depression, climacteric, recurrent episode
  • Depression, involutional, recurrent episode
  • Depression, menopausal, recurrent episode
  • Disorder, depressive, recurrent, specified NEC
  • Disorder, recurrent brief depressive
  • Episode, depressive, recurrent, brief
  • Involution, involutional, melancholia, recurrent episode
  • Melancholia, climacteric, recurrent episode
  • Melancholia, intermittent, recurrent episode
  • Melancholia, involutional, recurrent episode
  • Melancholia, menopausal, recurrent episode
  • Melancholia, stuporous, recurrent episode

Parent code

  • F33Major depressive disorder, recurrentHeader

Related codes

  • F33.0Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mildBillable
  • F33.1Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderateBillable
  • F33.2Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic featuresBillable
  • F33.3Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptomsBillable
  • F33.4Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remissionHeader
  • F33.9Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecifiedBillable

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