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F53.0

Postpartum depression

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 4 never code together
F53code
Excludes1
  • mood disorders with psychotic features (F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F31.64, F32.3, F33.3)F30.2F31.2F31.5F31.64F32.3F33.3
  • postpartum dysphoria (O90.6)O90.6
  • psychosis in schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other psychotic disorders (F20-F29)F20-F29
F01-F99chapter
Excludes2
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)R00-R99

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3
F53.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Postnatal depression, NOS
  • Postpartum depression, NOS
F01-F99chapter
Includes
  • disorders of psychological development
Index entries leading here 2
  • Depression (acute) (mental) F32.A
  • Disorder (of) — see also Disease
    • mental (or behavioral) (nonpsychotic) F99
Alongside this code 1 same parent — F53
F53.1 Puerperal psychosis
Medications 1
2 Depression, Postpartum drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

RX08HCC132

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
F53
Block
F50-F59
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.