ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
F33 Major depressive disorder, recurrent
All 9 codes in the F33 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.
Codes in family
9
Can lead a claim
9
Cannot lead a claim
0
What CMS assigns to F33
All 9 codes group to Behavioral Health. Comorbidity subgroups: 7 toward Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder; 1 toward Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities; 1 is assigned none. Every code can lead a claim.
- Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.
- Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.
Every code in F33
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F33.0 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.1 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.2 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic featuresCMS: Major depressv disorder, recurrent severe w/o psych features | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.3 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe with psychotic symptomsCMS: Major depressv disorder, recurrent, severe w psych symptoms | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F33.4 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission | ||||
| F33.40 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission, unspecifiedCMS: Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in remission, unsp | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.41 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in partial remission | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.42 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, in full remission | Can lead a claim | F | None |
| F33.8 | Other recurrent depressive disorders | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
| F33.9 | Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified | Can lead a claim | F | Mood Disorders, includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder |
Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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