ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H33 Retinal detachments and breaks › H33.2

H33.2

Serous retinal detachment

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:

  • H33.20 Serous retinal detachment, unspecified eye
  • H33.21 Serous retinal detachment, right eye
  • H33.22 Serous retinal detachment, left eye
  • H33.23 Serous retinal detachment, bilateral

Use instead:

  • H44.2C1 Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, right eye stated for FY2017
  • H44.2C2 Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, left eye stated for FY2017
  • H44.2C3 Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, bilateral stated for FY2017
  • H44.2C9 Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, unspecified eye stated for FY2017

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 Serous retinal detachment

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
H33.0 Retinal detachment with retinal break Not billable
H33.1 Retinoschisis and retinal cysts Not billable
H33.3 Retinal breaks without detachment Not billable
H33.4 Traction detachment of retina Not billable
H33.8 Other retinal detachments Valid