F33.8Other recurrent depressive disorders

F33.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other recurrent depressive disorders. It belongs to category F33 (major depressive disorder, recurrent), block F30-F39 (mood [affective] disorders) and chapter 5 (mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within F33, choose F33.8 (Other recurrent depressive disorders) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: mild (F33.0), moderate (F33.1), severe without psychotic features (F33.2), severe with psychotic symptoms (F33.3), in remission (F33.4) and unspecified (F33.9).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 885 (Psychoses, relative weight 1.3901), in MDC 19 (Mental Diseases and Disorders), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 296.99 (other specified episodic mood disorder).