F32Depressive episode
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Specificity
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- Chapter V
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Group F30-F39
- Mood [affective] disorders
- Official Vietnamese name
- Giai đoạn trầm cảm
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- In typical mild, moderate, or severe depressive episodes, the patient suffers from lowering of mood, reduction of energy, and decrease in activity. Capacity for enjoyment, interest, and concentration is reduced, and marked tiredness after even minimum effort is common. Sleep is usually disturbed and appetite diminished. Self-esteem and self- confidence are almost always reduced and, even in the mild form, some ideas of guilt or worthlessness are often present. The lowered mood varies little from day to day, is unresponsive to circumstances and may be accompanied by so- called "somatic" symptoms, such as loss of interest and pleasurable feelings, waking in the morning several hours before
Related F32 codes
F32.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Mild depressive episode
F32.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Moderate depressive episode
F32.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms
F32.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms
F32.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other depressive episodes
F32.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Depressive episode, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
