ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H31.0 Chorioretinal scars › H31.01
H31.01
Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- H31.011 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), right eye
- H31.012 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), left eye
- H31.013 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), bilateral
- H31.019 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), 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 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)
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 > posterior pole macula
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H31.00 | Unspecified chorioretinal scars | Not billable |
| H31.02 | Solar retinopathy | Not billable |
| H31.09 | Other chorioretinal scars | Not billable |