Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H30.001 Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, right eye
H30.002 Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, left eye
H30.003 Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, bilateral
H30.009 Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified eye

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Node
Swollen
Retinitis
Choroiditis
Tumefaction
Neuroretinitis
Chorioretinitis
Abscess > retina
Uveoencephalitis
Abscess > choroid
Choroidoretinitis
Retinitis > focal
Retinochoroiditis
Uveitis > posterior
Neurochorioretinitis
Chorioretinitis > focal
Retinochoroiditis > focal
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > retina
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > choroid
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > retina
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > uveal tract NOS > posterior
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > chorioretinal > focal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H30.01	Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary	Not billable
H30.02	Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole	Not billable
H30.03	Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral	Not billable
H30.04	Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular	Not billable