ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H31.0 Chorioretinal scars › H31.02
H31.02
Solar retinopathy
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:
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 Solar retinopathy
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.
- Blind
- Cicatrix
- Amaurosis
- Loss > sight
- Choroidopathy
- Photoretinitis
- Cicatrix > retina
- Blindness > eclipse
- Blindness > sun, solar
- Scar, scarring > macula
- Scar, scarring > retina
- Scar, scarring > choroid
- Disorder > choroid > scar
- Disorder > retina > retinopathy
- Scar, scarring > posterior pole
- Disorder > choroid > solar retinopathy
- Low > vision > one eye > other eye blind
- Loss > vision, visual > specified as blindness
- Retinopathy > solar
- Scar, scarring > chorioretinal > solar retinopathy
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H31.00 | Unspecified chorioretinal scars | Not billable |
| H31.01 | Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic) | Not billable |
| H31.09 | Other chorioretinal scars | Not billable |