Unspecified chorioretinal scars

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:

H31.001 Unspecified chorioretinal scars, right eye
H31.002 Unspecified chorioretinal scars, left eye
H31.003 Unspecified chorioretinal scars, bilateral
H31.009 Unspecified chorioretinal scars, 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 chorioretinal scars

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.

Cicatrix
Choroidopathy
Cicatrix > retina
Scar, scarring > macula
Scar, scarring > retina
Scar, scarring > choroid
Disorder > choroid > scar
Scar, scarring > posterior pole
Scar, scarring > chorioretinal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H31.01	Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)	Not billable
H31.02	Solar retinopathy	Not billable
H31.09	Other chorioretinal scars	Not billable