Posterior cyclitis

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:

H30.20 Posterior cyclitis, unspecified eye
H30.21 Posterior cyclitis, right eye
H30.22 Posterior cyclitis, left eye
H30.23 Posterior cyclitis, bilateral

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 Posterior cyclitis

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.

Retinitis
Pars planitis
Chorioretinitis
Abscess > retina
Uveoencephalitis
Abscess > choroid
Retinochoroiditis
Retinochoroiditis > focal
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > choroid
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > retina
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > chorioretinal > cyclitis
Cyclitis > posterior

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H30.0	Focal chorioretinal inflammation	Not billable
H30.1	Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation	Not billable
H30.8	Other chorioretinal inflammations	Not billable
H30.9	Unspecified chorioretinal inflammation	Not billable