ICD-10-CM category H35: Other retinal disorders

Category H35 is a heading in chapter 7 (Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)), section Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36). It is not billable; report one of the 175 complete codes below.

Notes that apply to every H35 code

Excludes2 (not part of this condition, may be coded together): diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359)

Billable codes in H35

Billable FY2027 ICD-10-CM codes in category H35
Code	Description
H35.00	Unspecified background retinopathy
H35.011	Changes in retinal vascular appearance, right eye
H35.012	Changes in retinal vascular appearance, left eye
H35.013	Changes in retinal vascular appearance, bilateral
H35.019	Changes in retinal vascular appearance, unspecified eye
H35.021	Exudative retinopathy, right eye
H35.022	Exudative retinopathy, left eye
H35.023	Exudative retinopathy, bilateral
H35.029	Exudative retinopathy, unspecified eye
H35.031	Hypertensive retinopathy, right eye
H35.032	Hypertensive retinopathy, left eye
H35.033	Hypertensive retinopathy, bilateral
H35.039	Hypertensive retinopathy, unspecified eye
H35.041	Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified, right eye
H35.042	Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified, left eye
H35.043	Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified, bilateral
H35.049	Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified, unspecified eye
H35.051	Retinal neovascularization, unspecified, right eye
H35.052	Retinal neovascularization, unspecified, left eye
H35.053	Retinal neovascularization, unspecified, bilateral
H35.059	Retinal neovascularization, unspecified, unspecified eye
H35.061	Retinal vasculitis, right eye
H35.062	Retinal vasculitis, left eye
H35.063	Retinal vasculitis, bilateral
H35.069	Retinal vasculitis, unspecified eye
H35.071	Retinal telangiectasis, right eye
H35.072	Retinal telangiectasis, left eye
H35.073	Retinal telangiectasis, bilateral
H35.079	Retinal telangiectasis, unspecified eye
H35.09	Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities
H35.101	Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified, right eye
H35.102	Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified, left eye
H35.103	Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified, bilateral
H35.109	Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified, unspecified eye
H35.111	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0, right eye
H35.112	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0, left eye
H35.113	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0, bilateral
H35.119	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0, unspecified eye
H35.121	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1, right eye
H35.122	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1, left eye
H35.123	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1, bilateral
H35.129	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1, unspecified eye
H35.131	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 2, right eye
H35.132	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 2, left eye
H35.133	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 2, bilateral
H35.139	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 2, unspecified eye
H35.141	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3, right eye
H35.142	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3, left eye
H35.143	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3, bilateral
H35.149	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3, unspecified eye
H35.151	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 4, right eye
H35.152	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 4, left eye
H35.153	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 4, bilateral
H35.159	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 4, unspecified eye
H35.161	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 5, right eye
H35.162	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 5, left eye
H35.163	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 5, bilateral
H35.169	Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 5, unspecified eye
H35.171	Retrolental fibroplasia, right eye
H35.172	Retrolental fibroplasia, left eye
H35.173	Retrolental fibroplasia, bilateral
H35.179	Retrolental fibroplasia, unspecified eye
H35.20	Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy, unspecified eye
H35.21	Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy, right eye
H35.22	Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy, left eye
H35.23	Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy, bilateral
H35.30	Unspecified macular degeneration
H35.3110	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified
H35.3111	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, early dry stage
H35.3112	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, intermediate dry stage
H35.3113	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
H35.3114	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.3120	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified
H35.3121	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, early dry stage
H35.3122	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, intermediate dry stage
H35.3123	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
H35.3124	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.3130	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified
H35.3131	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, early dry stage
H35.3132	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, intermediate dry stage
H35.3133	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
H35.3134	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.3190	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
H35.3191	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, early dry stage
H35.3192	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, intermediate dry stage
H35.3193	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
H35.3194	Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.3210	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified
H35.3211	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
H35.3212	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
H35.3213	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive scar
H35.3220	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified
H35.3221	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
H35.3222	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
H35.3223	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive scar
H35.3230	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified
H35.3231	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with active choroidal neovascularization
H35.3232	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
H35.3233	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive scar
H35.3290	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
H35.3291	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
H35.3292	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
H35.3293	Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive scar
H35.33	Angioid streaks of macula
H35.341	Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole, right eye
H35.342	Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole, left eye
H35.343	Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole, bilateral
H35.349	Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole, unspecified eye
H35.351	Cystoid macular degeneration, right eye
H35.352	Cystoid macular degeneration, left eye
H35.353	Cystoid macular degeneration, bilateral
H35.359	Cystoid macular degeneration, unspecified eye
H35.361	Drusen (degenerative) of macula, right eye
H35.362	Drusen (degenerative) of macula, left eye
H35.363	Drusen (degenerative) of macula, bilateral
H35.369	Drusen (degenerative) of macula, unspecified eye
H35.371	Puckering of macula, right eye
H35.372	Puckering of macula, left eye
H35.373	Puckering of macula, bilateral
H35.379	Puckering of macula, unspecified eye
H35.381	Toxic maculopathy, right eye
H35.382	Toxic maculopathy, left eye
H35.383	Toxic maculopathy, bilateral
H35.389	Toxic maculopathy, unspecified eye
H35.40	Unspecified peripheral retinal degeneration
H35.411	Lattice degeneration of retina, right eye
H35.412	Lattice degeneration of retina, left eye
H35.413	Lattice degeneration of retina, bilateral
H35.419	Lattice degeneration of retina, unspecified eye
H35.421	Microcystoid degeneration of retina, right eye
H35.422	Microcystoid degeneration of retina, left eye
H35.423	Microcystoid degeneration of retina, bilateral
H35.429	Microcystoid degeneration of retina, unspecified eye
H35.431	Paving stone degeneration of retina, right eye
H35.432	Paving stone degeneration of retina, left eye
H35.433	Paving stone degeneration of retina, bilateral
H35.439	Paving stone degeneration of retina, unspecified eye
H35.441	Age-related reticular degeneration of retina, right eye
H35.442	Age-related reticular degeneration of retina, left eye
H35.443	Age-related reticular degeneration of retina, bilateral
H35.449	Age-related reticular degeneration of retina, unspecified eye
H35.451	Secondary pigmentary degeneration, right eye
H35.452	Secondary pigmentary degeneration, left eye
H35.453	Secondary pigmentary degeneration, bilateral
H35.459	Secondary pigmentary degeneration, unspecified eye
H35.461	Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration, right eye
H35.462	Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration, left eye
H35.463	Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration, bilateral
H35.469	Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration, unspecified eye
H35.50	Unspecified hereditary retinal dystrophy
H35.51	Vitreoretinal dystrophy
H35.52	Pigmentary retinal dystrophy
H35.53	Other dystrophies primarily involving the sensory retina
H35.54	Dystrophies primarily involving the retinal pigment epithelium
H35.60	Retinal hemorrhage, unspecified eye
H35.61	Retinal hemorrhage, right eye
H35.62	Retinal hemorrhage, left eye
H35.63	Retinal hemorrhage, bilateral
H35.70	Unspecified separation of retinal layers
H35.711	Central serous chorioretinopathy, right eye
H35.712	Central serous chorioretinopathy, left eye
H35.713	Central serous chorioretinopathy, bilateral
H35.719	Central serous chorioretinopathy, unspecified eye
H35.721	Serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, right eye
H35.722	Serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, left eye
H35.723	Serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, bilateral
H35.729	Serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, unspecified eye
H35.731	Hemorrhagic detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, right eye
H35.732	Hemorrhagic detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, left eye
H35.733	Hemorrhagic detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, bilateral
H35.739	Hemorrhagic detachment of retinal pigment epithelium, unspecified eye
H35.81	Retinal edema
H35.82	Retinal ischemia
H35.89	Other specified retinal disorders
H35.9	Unspecified retinal disorder

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