ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H33.0 Retinal detachment with retinal break › H33.00

H33.00

Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break

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:

  • H33.001 Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, right eye
  • H33.002 Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, left eye
  • H33.003 Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, bilateral
  • H33.009 Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H33 Retinal detachments and breaks

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • detachment of retinal pigment epithelium (H35.72-, H35.73-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H33.01 Retinal detachment with single break Not billable
H33.02 Retinal detachment with multiple breaks Not billable
H33.03 Retinal detachment with giant retinal tear Not billable
H33.04 Retinal detachment with retinal dialysis Not billable
H33.05 Total retinal detachment Not billable