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F32.89 ICD-10-CM Code: Other specified depressive episodes

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
9 inclusion terms · 3 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2
Risk adjustment
RxHCC V08 category 132

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for F32.89 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on F32.89 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • single episode of agitated depression
  • single episode of depressive reaction
  • single episode of major depression
  • single episode of psychogenic depression
  • single episode of reactive depression
  • single episode of vital depression

Source: inherited from F32

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Atypical depression
  • Post-schizophrenic depression
  • Single episode of 'masked' depression NOS

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from F32

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from F32

Coder workflow for F32.89

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code F32.89

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on F32.89; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    ReviewF32.81

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with F32.89. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in F32.89’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewF31, F30, F33

Consider F32.89. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting F32.89(3 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with F32.89: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareF31, F30, F33

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

  • Excludes2 — not part of F32.89(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in F32.89. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareF43.2

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition F32.89 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewF31, F30, F33

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Other specified depressive episodes is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (F32.89).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (26)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name F32.89 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 3 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: F30 — Manic episode (via F32.-), F31 — Bipolar disorder (via F32.-), R40.1 — Stupor (via F32.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 8 Excludes2 notes across 2 chapters: F06.3 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition (via F32.-), F20.3 — Undifferentiated schizophrenia, F42 — Obsessive-compulsive disorder (via F32.-), F63.2 — Kleptomania (via F32.-), F90 — Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (via F32.-), F91 — Conduct disorders (via F32.-), F93.0 — Separation anxiety disorder of childhood (via F32.-), R53.83 — Other fatigue (via F32.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 885 (MDC 19).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):MBD002 — Depressive disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Depressive disorders).

F06.31 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features, F06.32 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with major depressive-like episode, F06.34 — Mood disorder due to known physiological condition with mixed features, F32.0 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild, F32.1 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, moderate, F32.2 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe without psychotic features, F32.3 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, severe with psychotic features, F32.4 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, in partial remission, F32.8 — Other depressive episodes, F32.81 — Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, F32.9 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified, F32.A — Depression, unspecified, F33.0 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild, F33.1 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, F33.2 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features, F33.3 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms, F33.41 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in partial remission, F33.8 — Other recurrent depressive disorders, F33.9 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified, F34.1 — Dysthymic disorder, +2 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Depression”, “Episode”, “Stupor”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

F30.10 — Manic episode without psychotic symptoms, unspecified (manic, without psychotic symptoms), F30.11 — Manic episode without psychotic symptoms, mild (manic, without psychotic symptoms, mild), F30.12 — Manic episode without psychotic symptoms, moderate (manic, without psychotic symptoms, moderate), F30.13 — Manic episode, severe, without psychotic symptoms (manic, without psychotic symptoms, severe), F30.2 — Manic episode, severe with psychotic symptoms (manic), F30.3 — Manic episode in partial remission (manic, with, remission, partial), F30.4 — Manic episode in full remission (manic, with, remission), F30.8 — Other manic episodes (hypomanic), F30.9 — Manic episode, unspecified (manic), F31.89 — Other bipolar disorder (manic-depressive), F33.2 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features (vital), F33.3 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptoms (psychotic, recurrent), F33.8 — Other recurrent depressive disorders (depressive, recurrent, brief), F33.9 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified (monopolar), F34.1 — Dysthymic disorder (nervous), F39 — Unspecified mood [affective] disorder (affective, mixed), F41.8 — Other specified anxiety disorders (anxiety), F43.0 — Acute stress reaction (reaction to exceptional stress), F43.21 — Adjustment disorder with depressed mood (situational), F44.2 — Dissociative stupor (psychogenic), +41 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of F32.89 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run F32.89 with these 11 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • F30 — Manic episode[Excludes1](via F32.-): “major depressive disorder, single episode (F32.-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
  • F31 — Bipolar disorder[Excludes1](via F32.-): “major depressive disorder, single episode (F32.-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
  • R40.1 — Stupor[Excludes1](via F32.-): “depressive stupor (F31.-, F32.-, F33.-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

  • DRG 885 — PSYCHOSES[MS-DRG]: “PSYCHOSES (MDC 19)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026

MDC crossing

  • MDC 19 — Mental Diseases and Disorders[MDC crossing]: “Mental Diseases and Disorders — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries (26)

  • Climacteric (female), depression (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Climacteric (female), melancholia (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), atypical (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), climacteric (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), involutional (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), masked (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), menopausal (single episode)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Depression (acute) (mental), post-psychotic of schizophrenia[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • and 18 more

Nearest codes (11)

Change history

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

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Change history

  • FY2017 — October 1, 2016
    Added to the code set
    Other specified depressive episodes
    FY2017 changes

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to F32.89 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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